TRAGIC LOSS : NASCAR Legend Scott Bloomquist Passed Away in a massive plane crash This Morning Due To…
MOORESBURG, Tenn. — A plane crash claimed the life ofnationally touring Dirt Super Late Model race car driver Scott Bloomquist near his east Tennessee home early Friday morning, according to reports.
Authorities confirmed Bloomquist died in the crash to the Rogersville Review.
A Facebook postfrom the Hawkins County, Tennessee Rescue Squad says the accident happened on Brooks Road off of Highway 31 in Mooresburg in the early morning hours.
Former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan has passed away at the age of 76 after a year-long battle with cancer.
Jordan had been diagnosed with aggressive bladder and prostate cancer in spring of last year. He had spent the winter in South Africa after his latest round of chemotherapy.
He famously ran the Jordan Grand Prix team from 1991 to 2005, was a pundit on BBC’s coverage of Formula 1 and, shortly before his death, headed a consortium bringing back rugby team London Irish – who folded in 2023.
It was confirmed on Thursday morning that he had died with his family releasing a statement which read: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Eddie Jordan OBE, the ex-Formula 1 team owner, TV pundit and entrepreneur. He passed away peacefully with family by his side in Cape Town in the early hours of 20 March 2025.”
Tributes to Jordan have been flooding in with broadcaster Martin Brundle admitting “the sport will be poorer without” such a “strong character, podcaster Jake Humphrey praising his “incredible spirit” and Red Bull boss Christian Horner saying that F1 “has lost a legend. We will miss his wit and his Irish charm.”
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Eddie Jordan dies aged 76
Former F1 team owner and pundit Eddie Jordan passed away aged 76 on Thursday 20 March
Jordan was diagnosed with “aggressive” bladder and prostate cancer last spring, which spread to his spine and pelvis.
Martin Brundle says ‘irrepressible’ Jordan was ‘one of biggest characters in F1’
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says F1 has ‘lost a legend’
F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali ‘deeply saddened’ by Jordan’s passing
Formula 1 team Mercedes have posted on X and said:
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Eddie Jordan, a true F1 legend who contributed to, and shaped the sport, in so many ways.
“Our thoughts go out to his family and all who had the privilege of knowing him.”
Rock-and-roll Eddie Jordan gave Schumacher his debut – and his flamboyance captivated F1’s paddock
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An old-school Irishman of quick wit and vibrancy, Eddie Jordan was a Formula One figure whose influence touched every corner of motorsport’s most-famed paddock over a 30-plus-year career in the sport.
From a promising race driver and savvy team owner to a captivating broadcaster and erudite manager, Jordan’s sad passing at the age of 76 on Thursday, after a year-long battle with cancer, has sent shockwaves through a sport now in its pomp
