Rookie Gio Ruggiero grabs first career win at Talladega

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TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Rookie Gio Ruggiero capped a typically dramatic afternoon of racing on the Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway high banks with the 21-year old's first career trip to Victory Lane in Friday's Love's RV Stop 225 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race.

Though not in the Playoffs, Ruggiero held off his Tricon Garage teammat