2/12/2022
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Mark Ruel Jr. Victorious At Needmore Speedway
NORMAN PARK, Ga. - Mark Ruel Jr. survived a mid-race battle through lapped traffic with Dylan Westbrook to pickup his first win of the season in USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour competition on Friday night at Needmore Speedway for Round 3 of the 5th Annual Winter Heat Series.
After a spirited battle for the lead, Ruel Jr. stretched his advantage to nearly a straightaway lead, leaving Westbrook in the clutches of Terry McCarl, Danny Smith, and Garet Williamson in the closing laps.
The miniseries is back in action tomorrow night at the Norman Park, Georgia facility with racing action set to begin at 5:00PM Eastern.
Unofficial Results 02/11/2022:
USCS Winter Heat • Round 3
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 83-Mark Ruel Jr. [1]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook [4]; 3. 24-Terry McCarl [6]; 4. 4-Danny Smith [7]; 5. 24W-Garet Williamson [15]; 6. 28F-Davie Franek [10]; 7. 44-Chris Martin [8]; 8. 10-Terry Gray [13]; 9. 22S-Slater Helt [11]; 10. 2-Ricky Peterson [20]; 11. 20-Brayden Cooley [14]; 12. 07-Johnny Bridges [21]; 13. 13-Chase Howard [18]; 14. 121-Steve Glover [23]; 15. 28-Jeff Willingham [26]; 16. 33-Joe Larkin [25]; 17. 83A-Bob Auld [22]; 18. 43M-Mark Smith [5]; 19. 11M-Brendan Mullen [16]; 20. 9M-Liam Martin [17]; 21. 15-Dan Nanticoke [12]; 22. 5D-Jacob Dykstra [2]; 23. 12-Corbin Gurley [19]; 24. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [3]; 25. 197-Ryan Harrison [9]; 26. 43-Terry Witherspoon [24]
HOOSIER Speed Dash (6 Laps): 1. 83-Mark Ruel Jr. [1]; 2. 5D-Jacob Dykstra [2]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr [5]; 4. 47X-Dylan Westbrook [4]; 5. 43M-Mark Smith [3]; 6. 24-Terry McCarl [6]
Engler Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [6]; 2. 5D-Jacob Dykstra [1]; 3. 44-Chris Martin [3]; 4. 22S-Slater Helt [4]; 5. 24W-Garet Williamson [5]; 6. 10-Terry Gray [8]; 7. 12-Corbin Gurley [9]; 8. 43-Terry Witherspoon [7]; 9. 28-Jeff Willingham [2]
Schoenfeld Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 43M-Mark Smith [5]; 2. 83-Mark Ruel Jr. [7]; 3. 197-Ryan Harrison [1]; 4. 15-Dan Nanticoke [2]; 5. 13-Chase Howard [3]; 6. 20-Brayden Cooley [8]; 7. 2-Ricky Peterson [6]; 8. 07-Johnny Bridges [9]; 9. 33-Joe Larkin [4]
HERO Graphics Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24-Terry McCarl [2]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook [3]; 3. 28F-Davie Franek [1]; 4. 4-Danny Smith [6]; 5. 11M-Brendan Mullen [5]; 6. 9M-Liam Martin [7]; 7. 83A-Bob Auld [4]; 8. 121-Steve Glover [8]
Article Credit: Ryan Bowling