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Mark Ruel Jr. in victory lane. (USCS photo)

Ruel Earns First USCS Sprint Victory

SENOIA, Ga. — Mark Ruel Jr. earned his first USCS Thunder Tour sprint car victory in dominant fashion Friday night at Senoia Raceway.

Ruel started on the pole and led all 25 laps of the main event.

Kyle Amerson raced from fourth to finish second.

Brandon Taylor, Danny Smith and Nick Snyder rounded out the top five.

Trynt Lloyd won the USCS mini sprint feature.

The finish:

Feature (25 laps): 1. 83-Mark Ruel Jr[1]; 2. 29-Kyle Amerson[4]; 3. 07T-Brandon Taylor[5]; 4. 4-Danny Smith[2]; 5. 116-Nick Snyder[3]; 6. 5-Justin Barger[6]; 7. 10-Terry Gray[8]; 8. 13-Chase Howard[12]; 9. 33-Joe Larkin[13]; 10. ]-Eric Gunderson[7]; 11. 44-Ronny Howard[10]; 12. 43-Terry Witherspoon[11]; 13. 28-Jeff Willingham[14]; 14. 7J-Gregg Jones[9]; 15. 67-Brian Thomas[16]; 16. 0X-Clint Weiss[17]; 17. (DNS) 34-Darren Orth.