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.

No Box Final: Davey Boyd (near) vs. Todd Hohn (far)

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.

Davey Boyd

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.