Who knew a $ 40 investment could go so far?
When Davey Boyd bought his ’65 Satellite all the way back in 1974 for a grand total of $40 he never dreamed that it would one day lead to a $12,000 payday and a world championship, but that is exactly what he experienced over the weekend by picking up the Summit SuperSeries No Box World Championship at the IHRA World Finals Sunday at Rockingham Dragway.
Boyd, from Spencer, Tenn., capitalized on that investment Sunday when he drove around Todd Hohn (Nashville, Tenn.) in a battle of Tennessee to lay claim the 2009 Summit SuperSeries No Box title and in doing so takes home a lucrative prize package.
With the win Boyd receives a grand total of $12,000 from Summit Racing Equipment, a Haul Mark racing trailer, a custom golf cart from Davis Custom Carts, a trip to Aruba, a Diamond World Championship ring, an Ironman and an IHRA Gold and Silver Card.
Boyd ran a 6.953 elapsed time on a 6.95 dial in the final while Hohn ran a 6.819 on a 6.80 dial.
Boyd started from the sixth position on Sunday and worked his way through the eight-car ladder taking down Hohn, Ricky Nelson and Mike Buie to get the win. Hohn defeated Eric Harris and Greg Sauvage to fill the other spot in the final.
Scotty Phillips claims Summit SuperSeries Box title
From one dragster to another, Scotty Phillips is one happy driver.
Phillips, one of only two dragsters in the Box class over the weekend, maneuvered his way through a tough field on Sunday on his way to claiming the 2009 Summit SuperSeries Box World Championship at the IHRA World Finals in Rockingham.
With the win Phillips (LaGrange, Ohio) will take home a cool $12,000 payday from Summit Racing Equipment and a brand new Mullis Dragster.
Now when Phillips returns to Dragway 42 he will have a brand new dragster to go along with an IHRA Ironman and bragging rights for an entire year as being the best Box driver in the country.
And he didn’t even need to work that hard to get it.
Phillips essentially received a free pass in the final when Joey Anderson (Glenville, Ga.) timed out on the starting line, giving Phillips the easiest $12,000 payday of his life.
With the win Phillips receives a grand total of $12,000 from Summit Racing Equipment, a new turn-key Mullis Dragster with an 800 HP World Products LS engine, a trip to Aruba, a Diamond World Champion ring, an Ironman and an IHRA Gold Card.
Phillips ran a 5.469 elapsed time on a 5.19 dial in the final after Anderson timed out.
Phillips started from the third position on Sunday and worked his way through the eight-car ladder taking down Anderson, Linn Joines and Bill Rausch to get the win. Anderson defeated Jack Hughes and Tim Roe to fill the other spot in the final.
This weekend marks the third Summit SuperSeries appearance by a driver representing Dragway 42.
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