The third season of the Great Lakes Legends Series (GLL) welcomed a first-time champion, as Austin Arnel recorded three wins on his way to the series title.
Arnel got off to a strong start in standalone GLL races, with a runner-up finish at Michigan’s Flat Rock Speedway, followed by a win at Grand Bend Speedway and a runner-up finish in a separate Grand Bend event. He would later return to victory lane in the second half of a Labour Day weekend doubleheader at Full Throttle Motor Speedway, before a win on the dirt at the newly re-branded Buxton Speedway (formerly Southern Ontario Motor Speedway).
The GLL and Ontario Legend Car Series raced together in combined grids for select events this season. Arnel finished 20th and 23rd in the first two combined events, before recording top-tens in a doubleheader at Sauble Speedway, at Flamboro Speedway’s Frostoberfest and in the season finale at Peterborough Speedway’s Autumn Colours Classic.
Arnel becomes just the second champion in the short history of the GLL, after Kenny McNicol took home the series’ first two points crowns. We interviewed Arnel on Inside Track TV:
