Scott Bloomquist

Scott Dean Bloomquist (November 14, 1963 – August 16, 2024) was a nationally touring dirt super late model race car driver in the United States. Bloomquist was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He was the owner of dirt late model chassis manufacturer Team Zero Race Cars.

Bloomquist died in a plane crash on August 16, 2024.

Racing career Bloomquist was the son of an airplane pilot for Air Cal. While stationed in California, Bloomquist's father was invited to see his coworker race a stock car. The elder Bloomquist thought he should give racing a try, so he bought a race car, a motor, and some old tires. He tried racing, and decided to give the race car to his son, Scott. He led 1996 in points until he lost all of his points for bumping another car under caution. He had 60 wins in the series during that time; the second place driver had 18 wins.

In 2003, Bloomquist competed full-time in the Xtreme Dirt Car Series, formerly the Hav-A-Tampa Series, and won his fifth championship. In 2004, he raced in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series and won the season championship.

Bloomquist was named the 2006 RPM Racing News driver of the year. That year, he won The Dream ($100,000), Topless 100 ($45,000), Scorcher 100 ($20,000), Racefest ($20,000), Dixie Shootout ($15,000), and the Cedar Lake Nationals ($50,000). He also had nine wins in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

Bloomquist returned to series racing and won the 2009 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series championship. He returned to the series in 2010, defending his points championship.

In 2002, Bloomquist was in the second induction class of the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in Union, Kentucky.

NASCAR In 2013, Bloomquist announced that he would be running in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series' Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports. After starting the race in 21st, Bloomquist, who elected to race without a front sway bar, fell to last place after 30 laps and finished in 25th, two laps behind the winner.

Team Zero Race Cars

Team Zero Race Cars was a chassis company based out of Mooresburg, Tennessee, founded in 2003 by Scott Bloomquist.

In 2023, Bloomquist was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and previously needed back surgery procedures were put on hold for cancer treatments beginning in July.

Legal issues On October 5, 1993, Bloomquist was arrested and charged for possessing 2.7 grams of cocaine. He was found not guilty of felony sale and distribution and guilty of misdemeanor drug possession and possessing drug paraphernalia. He was sentenced in November 1994 to the maximum penalty of a $5,000 fine and one year in prison. crashed near his home in Mooresburg, Tennessee. NASCAR Cup Series driver Tyler Reddick, whom Bloomquist had mentored early in his career, dedicated his win at Michigan International Speedway the following weekend to Bloomquist.

In June 2025, the NTSB released a report citing that the probable cause of the plane crash was "the intentional flight into a building as an act of suicide". Bloomquist had received flying lessons in his youth, but did not have a pilot's license.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pts Ref 2013 Kyle Busch Motorsports 51 Toyota DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 69th 19

ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Permatex SuperCar Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 1991 Bloomquist Racing 18 Olds DAY ATL KIL TAL TOL FRS POC MCH KIL FRS DEL POC TAL HPT MCH ISF TOL DSF TWS NA - Cornett Machine 78 Olds ATL

Superstar Racing Experience (key) * – Most laps led. 1 – Heat 1 winner. 2 – Heat 2 winner. Superstar Racing Experience results Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts 2021 00 STA KNX92 ELD IRP SLG NSV 18th 23