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11-04-2011, 11:16 AM
Le rallye, sport extrême
By PIERRE-MARC DURIVAGE - Originally posted in French on LAPRESSE.ca (http://auto.cyberpresse.ca/adrenaline/201110/25/01-4460697-le-rallye-sport-extreme.php)
Google Translate Text...
It is in Saint-Eustache, strapped into the copilot seat of a rally car. The car line at high speed, skidding, swallows bumps in a surprisingly comfortable, although we understand why some co-drivers drive with antiemetic stamps glued to the neck...
The pilot sat on our left is called "Crazy Leo." Leonid Urlichich for friends. He was 26. He was born in Russia. He is currently third in the Canadian Rally Championship, led by veteran undivided Quebec Antoine L'Estage.
http://images.lpcdn.ca/180x270/201109/16/378340.jpg
Both were on the roads of Quebec this weekend to compete in the Rally Challenge. The Estage finished first and Urlichich... second!
Leonid Urlichich is a big kid who laughs constantly lanky, affable and under the handshake. Even if it's a bit despite himself, Crazy Leo embodies the image of extreme sport that has given the rally in recent years in the United States, especially through the hotheads that are Ken Block, Travis Pastrana and Tanner Foust other. "All that matters to me is running, it recognizes a degree in business administration from the University Trenton. I am very aware that the image conveyed by sponsors like Monster and Red Bull gave a boost to the sport by allowing it to reach new customers, younger. "
Now a marketing tool completely assumed his nickname Crazy Leo is also the result of chance: "It's one of the guys on the team that gave me this nickname because I was swinging the look completely my car, he says. Mechanics was in perfect condition, but the body was dented and rusty. I am treated as a fool because I can drive for hours without getting tired, as long as I'm off to live allure.En fact, you have to be a little crazy to the rally. This is certainly a form of extreme sport. "
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Go fast. That's all that matters to Crazy Leo. It was like that even before he begins to rally. Moreover, he had never thought about doing the race. He was destined for a career in administration. It's a race who chose, to the dismay of his parents who "are beginning to do."
BMW enthusiast, then aged 21, he presented himself at a dealership in Toronto to test a coupe m6. The seller refused, saying the kid too young. Leo tried to show the extent of his talents with an invitation to climb aboard his Subaru to finally finish the race ... in a fence! As he was away from home, he decided to bring his damaged car in a workshop specializing in the preparation of rally cars nearby. "It was midnight and I had by chance one of their cards on me," says Crazy Leo. The workshop in question was Can-Jam Motorsports. Five years later, the Torontonian has become their main driver.
During these five years, Urlichich learned the trade on the job while driving as often as possible, by analyzing the data race, watching the videos of great champions and listening to the advice of veterans. As L'Estage, who became a good friend. "Antoine is older than me, but he still loves to party after the races," says Leo, laughing.
His ultimate goal? Going to the World Rally Championship. Next year it will be a shift in American Rally America series, also conducted by L'Estage...
Crazy Leo must of course first of all manage to take over the Quebecers. Which has certainly not said its last word...
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Photo: André Pichette/La Presse
Source: PIERRE-MARC DURIVAGE/La Presse (http://auto.cyberpresse.ca/adrenaline/201110/25/01-4460697-le-rallye-sport-extreme.php)
By PIERRE-MARC DURIVAGE - Originally posted in French on LAPRESSE.ca (http://auto.cyberpresse.ca/adrenaline/201110/25/01-4460697-le-rallye-sport-extreme.php)
Google Translate Text...
It is in Saint-Eustache, strapped into the copilot seat of a rally car. The car line at high speed, skidding, swallows bumps in a surprisingly comfortable, although we understand why some co-drivers drive with antiemetic stamps glued to the neck...
The pilot sat on our left is called "Crazy Leo." Leonid Urlichich for friends. He was 26. He was born in Russia. He is currently third in the Canadian Rally Championship, led by veteran undivided Quebec Antoine L'Estage.
http://images.lpcdn.ca/180x270/201109/16/378340.jpg
Both were on the roads of Quebec this weekend to compete in the Rally Challenge. The Estage finished first and Urlichich... second!
Leonid Urlichich is a big kid who laughs constantly lanky, affable and under the handshake. Even if it's a bit despite himself, Crazy Leo embodies the image of extreme sport that has given the rally in recent years in the United States, especially through the hotheads that are Ken Block, Travis Pastrana and Tanner Foust other. "All that matters to me is running, it recognizes a degree in business administration from the University Trenton. I am very aware that the image conveyed by sponsors like Monster and Red Bull gave a boost to the sport by allowing it to reach new customers, younger. "
Now a marketing tool completely assumed his nickname Crazy Leo is also the result of chance: "It's one of the guys on the team that gave me this nickname because I was swinging the look completely my car, he says. Mechanics was in perfect condition, but the body was dented and rusty. I am treated as a fool because I can drive for hours without getting tired, as long as I'm off to live allure.En fact, you have to be a little crazy to the rally. This is certainly a form of extreme sport. "
...
Go fast. That's all that matters to Crazy Leo. It was like that even before he begins to rally. Moreover, he had never thought about doing the race. He was destined for a career in administration. It's a race who chose, to the dismay of his parents who "are beginning to do."
BMW enthusiast, then aged 21, he presented himself at a dealership in Toronto to test a coupe m6. The seller refused, saying the kid too young. Leo tried to show the extent of his talents with an invitation to climb aboard his Subaru to finally finish the race ... in a fence! As he was away from home, he decided to bring his damaged car in a workshop specializing in the preparation of rally cars nearby. "It was midnight and I had by chance one of their cards on me," says Crazy Leo. The workshop in question was Can-Jam Motorsports. Five years later, the Torontonian has become their main driver.
During these five years, Urlichich learned the trade on the job while driving as often as possible, by analyzing the data race, watching the videos of great champions and listening to the advice of veterans. As L'Estage, who became a good friend. "Antoine is older than me, but he still loves to party after the races," says Leo, laughing.
His ultimate goal? Going to the World Rally Championship. Next year it will be a shift in American Rally America series, also conducted by L'Estage...
Crazy Leo must of course first of all manage to take over the Quebecers. Which has certainly not said its last word...
END
Photo: André Pichette/La Presse
Source: PIERRE-MARC DURIVAGE/La Presse (http://auto.cyberpresse.ca/adrenaline/201110/25/01-4460697-le-rallye-sport-extreme.php)