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Scott Bloomquist, racing legend, died by intentional plane crash, suicide, NTSB says

Scott Bloomquist’s 2024 fatal plane crash was intentional and ruled a suicide, the National Transportation Safety Board. “The pilot departed from a private airstrip and overflew his property,” the NTSB statement read. “The airplane subsequently impacted a barn adjacent to the airstrip. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the fuselage was mostly consumed by the […]

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Scott Bloomquist’s 2024 fatal plane crash was intentional and ruled a suicide, the National Transportation Safety Board.

“The pilot departed from a private airstrip and overflew his property,” the NTSB statement read. “The airplane subsequently impacted a barn adjacent to the airstrip. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the fuselage was mostly consumed by the postimpact fire that ensued. The pilot was fatally injured. An autopsy of the pilot was performed by the William L. Jenkins Forensic Center, Johnson City, Tennessee.

“The autopsy report listed the cause of death as blunt force injuries and the manner of death as suicide.”

According to MSN, Bloomquist was struggling with health issues that included lower-body injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash during 2019 Daytona Bike Week, a diagnosis of prostate cancer, back surgery, and a recent hospitalization due to complications from a horsefly bite that went unnoticed due to numbness from the 2019 motorcycle crash.

Bloomquist, 60, was the winningest driver ever in the Lucas Oil dirt Late Model series and is also a World of Outlaws Late Model champion.

He was inducted into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in 2002. He won over 30 Late Model races in the World of Outlaws and had over 90 wins in the Lucas Oil dirt Late Model series.

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Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.





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