Scott Bloomquist loss of life: NTSB releses report on airplane crash

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The airplane crash loss of life of filth monitor racing legend Scott Bloomquist final August was dominated a suicide, in line with a Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) report launched this week.

Bloomquist, 60, died in a small airplane crash right into a barn close to his dwelling in Mooresburg, Tennessee , on Aug. 16, 2024.

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Scott Bloomquist seems to be on after follow for the sixteenth Annual Grassy Smith Memorial 50-lap Lucas Oil Filth Late Mannequin Sequence occasion at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, South Carolina. (David Allio/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)

The NTSB listed the possible reason behind Bloomquist’s loss of life as "the pilot’s intentional flight right into a constructing as an act of suicide," in line with FOX Sports activities.

Bloomquist’s household launched an announcement to FOX Sports because the NTSB report got here out.

"Right now, the household of Scott Bloomquist will not be making any public statements concerning the airplane crash or the current NTSB findings," Bloomquist’s household stated. "They're targeted on supporting each other and respectfully request privateness as they navigate this tough interval.

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Scott Bloomquist, driver of the #51 ToyotaCare Toyota, prepares to drive throughout follow for the NASCAR Tenting World Truck Sequence inaugural CarCash Mudsummer Basic at Eldora Speedway on July 23, 2013 in Rossburg, Ohio. (Chris Graythen/NASCAR by way of Getty Pictures)

"We respect your understanding and ask that the media chorus from the additional inquiries presently."

Bloomquist rose to fame within the Nineteen Eighties, however his profession took off within the Nineties. He notably received the Lucas Oil Late Mannequin Filth Sequence Champion in 2009, 2010 and 2016, and was inducted into the Nationwide Filth Late Mannequin Corridor of Fame as a member of its second class in 2002.

Scott Bloomquist takes a flip throughout follow for the sixteenth Annual Grassy Smith Memorial 50-lap Lucas Oil Filth Late Mannequin Sequence occasion at Cherokee Speedway in Gaffney, South Carolina. (avid Allio/Icon SMI/Corbis/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Pictures)