> Does anybody know the origin of the name "Chicago Box" for
> this autocross feature?
>
> Speculation has it that the feature originated (or was at
> least used quite a bit) in Chicago, thus the name.
>
> - Paul Leonard
> Rocky Mountain
You will get more specific information from people who were
there, but, here is what I remember hearing about it:
Nationals were held in an amusement park (?) near Chicago,
and the Chicago Region was the host. There was and is a
Solo (then called Solo II) rule specifying an minimum
distance between cones in a slalom (now 45 feet, maybe then
it was the same.)
The Chicago folks built a box which didn't look like a
slalom, having the three key cones in a row with less than
the required distance between them. This caused this new
configuration to have a certain noteriety. I believe that a
clarification in the rules now states that if it acts like a
slalom, it is a slalom and subject the minimum-size rule.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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