Spring Southeast Street-N-Yeet Complete, As Winners Crowned a Day Early
Following the 2022 successful launch of Southeast Street-N-Yeet Presented by Motion Raceworks, Devin Vanderhoof and crew doubled up the Southeast Street-N-Yeet, adding a spring date and making it the second drag-and-drive of the 2023 season.
Designed and laid out to be a near 600-mile drive over five days, competitors would visit Shadyside Dragway in Shelby, North Carolina, followed by South Carolina Motorplex in Neeses, South Carolina, then to Hartsville, South Carolina to race at Darlington Dragway, day four at Union County Dragway in Union, South Carolina, then back to Shadyside Dragway for day five.
After completing the Thursday racing at Union County Dragway, officials made the call to complete the drive back to Shadyside Dragway and double down on racing, moving day five action to Thursday night to avoid possible weather issues on Friday. Thus, the week was complete and champions crowned late on Thursday evening.
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The Unlimited Yeet class found Phil Tobin’s nitrous Corvette in the lead for the first two days. But when he succumbed to problems and unable to complete day three, Mark Mannor and his turbocharged 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle would take the lead. Completing the week with a best single pass of 5.42, and a resulting 5.49 average locked up the class title for Mannor.
In Limited Yeet (rules allow a 275-maximum tire, small block with power adders, or big block naturally-aspirated only), Ed Schwarz and Steven Salvati battled it out for the title. The averages at the end were separated by a mere two hundredths of-a-second, and the 5.41 average of Salvati would edge out the 5.43 of Schwarz.
Fans of the manual transmission took notice of an interesting battle in the Yeet Stick class. A clutch assisted manual transmission, and a 29.5-inch-tall x 10.5-inch width slick or 315 radial are the only rules, and last year’s winner Taylor Hedrick led the first two days, despite tire shake and issues.
But breakage put Hedrick on the sidelines, swinging the lead to Adam Buntley. But then he also dropped out with problems after day three, and Michael Strausser would assume the lead, completing the week with a 6.04 average for the win in his Cobra Mustang.
Those trying to do the most with the least signed up for Tiny Tire, where rules dictate a 26-inch-tall x 8.5-inch width or 235 maximum tire. Anthony Harville seized control of the class from the first day, finishing the week with a 5.93 best time slip and a 6.08 average to take home the check and class awards.
The final class contested was the closest among them all, Dial Your Own Yeet. A class where consistency against your set dial-in standard is paramount, the top ten finishers had calculated averages less than .015 from their dial-in times!
The top two drivers, Ryan Morris and last year’s champion Bobby Admire, battled it down to EXACTLY-matching their indexes! It went to a tie breaker to determine the class champion, and the results found Admire retaining his class championship.
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Written by Derek Putnam. Photos courtesy of Sick the Magazine, Mark Mannor, Steven Salvati, Michael Strausser, Bobby Admire and Southeast Street-N-Yeet.