1982.
--Pat Kelly
Phil Ethier wrote:
> From: JonesMB <jonesmb@ziplink.net>
>
> >how did it get the name Chicago box?
>
> It was used at the Nationals in Chicago. No, I don't remember what year.
>
> The idea was that by disguising a slalom as something else, they could get
> away with measurements smaller than the rule-book minimums. They got away
> with it there, but a subsequent ruling says that if it works like a slalom,
> it's a slalom, regardless of the fact that it looks like a box.
>
> Now that the box has been made to follow the dimensional requirements of a
> slalom, it's essentially a waste of pylons. Only three of the pylons are
> really needed to define the course.
>
> Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Chev Suburban
> LOON, MAC
> pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
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