Dirt Track Racer Scott Bloomquist Dies in Plane Crash at Family Farm

Dirt track racing legend Scott Bloomquist died Friday morning in a plane crash near his home in Tennessee, Moberly Motorsports Park announced.

Bloomquist, 60, “was out flying his vintage airplane and had a crash on the Bloomquist family farm” in Mooresburg at around 7:15 a.m. Friday, Reid Millard of Moberly Motorsports Park wrote on Facebook.

“Along with Scott’s daughter Ariel his parents his sister and along with all of you who knew and loved Scott – you are in our hearts and prayers of all our Millard Family,” Millard wrote. “God’s speed Scott. May you fly high on an Eagle’s wing forever.”

The Hawkins County Rescue Squad said the crash occurred at the farm on Brooks Road off of Highway 31, and motorists were advised to avoid the area while crews responded to the scene.

Bloomquist was the only person on board the single-engine Piper J3, which crashed into a barn.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.

Bloomquist had a 40-year career in dirt racing, most recently winning the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in 2016. The nine-time national champion also competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the ARCA Mendards Series. The Team Zero Race Car owner was inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in 2002.

—TMX contributed to this report