Dirt Track racing icon Scott Bloomquist killed in plane crash near his Mooresburg home...Rest in Peace Scott!

Authorities have confirmed that race car driver Scott Bloomquist has been killed in a small aircraft crash near his home in the Mooresburg Community in Hawkins County.

Sheriff Ronnie Lawson told the Review that Bloomquist, who owns a small private air strip at his home in Mooresburg, apparently crashed into a barn on his property.

Bloomquist, who is one of the most successful dirt track stock car racers of all time, was the lone occupant of the plane. The coroner was en route.

The plane crash was reported at 7:50 a.m. Friday at Bloomquist's home at 209 Brooks Road in Mooresburg.