Bandoleros and Legends were scheduled to race double features on Saturday, August 5, at Alaska Raceway Park. In the Bandoleros division, Wyatt Flowers was able to win both features. In the first Legends feature, Saygen Boehmer took the checkered flag first.
At the beginning of the second Legends feature, contact between a couple cars ended up clipping the right rear of Jay Belcher’s car, causing him to flip down the backstretch, slamming roof first into the turn three wall. According to reports from the track and competitors, action was halted for 30 to 40 minutes as Life Med was used to helicopter him out of the infield to a local hospital. The remainder of the race (and rest of the track’s action for the day) was canceled.
A post by the track on Sunday stated Belcher was in good spirits and already asking about getting his car fixed to race next season.
On Monday, Legends Nation contacted Stacy Sims, the daughter of Belcher. Early Tuesday morning she gave us an update. Belcher is still currently in the hospital with a concussion and a broken pelvis. However, he is optimistic and isn’t giving up on his dream to race. He was already shopping for parts to fix his Legends car less than 24 hours after the wreck. He also has the support of his family during the recovery and beyond.
“Every moment spent with my Dad is a blessing and I’m looking forward to being his pit crew next season,” Sims told LN.
Legends Nation will have more on Belcher later in the week, and will continue to update his recovery progress.
Results below from the races that concluded before the incident.
Bandoleros
A Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 4-Wyatt Flowers[1]; 2. 20-Jacob Gulley[2]; 3. 95-Isaiah Johnson[4]; 4. 12-Paden Doerner[3]; 5. 32-Kylee White[7]; 6. 19-Justin Gulley[5]; 7. 99-MaKinna Copley[10]; 8. 70-Atigun Mackey[9]; 9. 81-Mikayla Copley[11]; 10. 30-Jase Wilson[6]; 11. 17-Dexter Gregoire[8]
A Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 4-Wyatt Flowers[1]; 2. 20-Jacob Gulley[2]; 3. 12-Paden Doerner[4]; 4. 95-Isaiah Johnson[3]; 5. 32-Kylee White[6]; 6. 17-Dexter Gregoire[11]; 7. 70-Atigun Mackey[8]; 8. 99-MaKinna Copley[7]; 9. 81-Mikayla Copley[9]; 10. 19-Justin Gulley[5]; 11. (DNS) 30-Jase Wilson
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 4-Wyatt Flowers, 00:20.263[4]; 2. 20-Jacob Gulley, 00:20.571[6]; 3. 12-Paden Doerner, 00:20.857[3]; 4. 30-Jase Wilson, 00:20.920[10]; 5. 95-Isaiah Johnson, 00:21.271[8]; 6. 32-Kylee White, 00:22.151[11]; 7. 17-Dexter Gregoire, 00:23.354[5]; 8. 70-Atigun Mackey, 00:23.893[9]; 9. 19-Justin Gulley, 00:25.157[7]; 10. 99-MaKinna Copley, 00:25.789[1]; 11. 81-Mikayla Copley, 00:28.561[2]
S&P Certified Car Care Legends
A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 85-Saygen Boehmer[1]; 2. 44-Ty Torkelson[2]; 3. 8-Doug Sheldon[4]; 4. 31-Damian Ackerman[5]; 5. 55-David Kusmider[7]; 6. 5-Mike Thomas[6]; 7. 4-Lacy Kuehl[13]; 8. 20-Troy Lindemyer[9]; 9. 13-Ed Ackerman[12]; 10. 42-Brent Page[10]; 11. 4A-Aaron Creech[8]; 12. 9-Taylor Garner[15]; 13. 53-Steve Page[11]; 14. 34-Trent Dillard[3]; 15. 22-Ray Devin[14]; 16. 16-Jay Belcher[17]; 17. 77-Joe Gregoire[19]; 18. 70-Nicolas Petit[16]; 19. 29-Stephen Miko[20]; 20. 10-Gary Childers[18]; 21. (DNS) 73-Mark Smith
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 85-Saygen Boehmer, 00:18.895[16]; 2. 44-Ty Torkelson, 00:19.132[15]; 3. 34-Trent Dillard, 00:19.136[18]; 4. 8-Doug Sheldon, 00:19.194[21]; 5. 31-Damian Ackerman, 00:19.363[1]; 6. 5-Mike Thomas, 00:19.411[14]; 7. 55-David Kusmider, 00:19.414[10]; 8. 4A-Aaron Creech, 00:19.425[5]; 9. 20-Troy Lindemyer, 00:19.460[11]; 10. 42-Brent Page, 00:19.490[20]; 11. 53-Steve Page, 00:19.539[17]; 12. 13-Ed Ackerman, 00:19.540[2]; 13. 4-Lacy Kuehl, 00:19.556[9]; 14. 22-Ray Devin, 00:19.588[6]; 15. 9-Taylor Garner, 00:19.705[7]; 16. 70-Nicolas Petit, 00:19.712[12]; 17. 16-Jay Belcher, 00:19.743[3]; 18. 77-Joe Gregoire, 00:19.792[8]; 19. 10-Gary Childers, 00:19.938[4]; 20. 29-Stephen Miko, 00:20.817[19]; 21. (DNS) 73-Mark Smith, 00:20.817
Photo: video screenshot from on board Doug Sheldon’s car
