ROSSBURG, OH - JULY 23: Scott Bloomquist, driver of the #51 ToyotaCare Toyota, prepares for practice for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series inaugural Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway on July 23, 2013 in Rossburg, Ohio. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
The National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into dirt racer Scott Bloomquist’s plane crash that took his life found that Bloomquist intentionally flew his plane into a building.
The plane crashed into a barn next to an airstrip on his Tennessee property in August 2024. According to the NTSB, the flight into the building was an act of suicide.
He was 60 at the time of his death.
The Bloomquist family is not making any statements on the NTSB findings at this time.
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Bloomquist rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series champion in 2009, 2010 and 2016.
Bloomquist was the winningest driver in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series history. In 2002, he was inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame.
A motorcycle accident in 2019 caused severe lower-body damage that led to numbness in his legs. A year before the crash, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
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