There's a lot of anticipation in the camp of CrazyLeo Urlichich, the Canadian privateer driver who won the Tall Pines Rally last November to finish second overall in that National championship's standings.

Urlichich ran last weekend in the treacherous ice and snow at the Sno*Drift Rally in the U.S. and wound up third before protests still under consideration may push him back to sixth.

This weekend at Rallye Perce-Neige, the Canadian season opener near Maniwaki, Quebec, he'll start stage one first on the road, a position he's never had before.

"It has snowed slightly since recce," Urlichich said. "I'll just clean the snow off and cars two, three and four will just get more ice."

He said he's looking forward to the event.

"It's one day but it's 244 kilometers (151.614 miles)." It's one of the longest rallies in North America even though it's just one day.

"It's gonna be a war of attrition and people are going to get tired in the evening and lose concentration." He said there was one stage that's thrown him off the road the last two years. "I plan on not going off there again."

CrazyLeo has steadily climbed the speed charts in North American rallying. He finished on the podium in five of the six Canadian National events last year. He's hired very experienced co-driver Carl Williamson this year and is looking forward to climbing the podium this year.

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