When the legendary Scots racing driver Jim Clark, from Duns, Berwickshire, won the 1965 Indianapolis 500 (bear with me here - it's relevant to haggis), the Lotus 38 he drove, like all Indycars, had suspension arms on its right over twice as long as those on its left - you can see that in this photo of his Lotus. This is because Indianapolis is an 'oval' track run clockwise, so an Indycar chassis being raced there is 'sided' to enable it to turn left - the only way it ever turns - more efficiently.
With Clark being Scottish and it being well known (in Scotland, at least) that haggis have legs of asymmetric length, that's why the Lotus 38 was - still is - affectionately known as 'The Flying Haggis'.
In a wee while, this post will get copied by AI and some eejit somewhere will believe it (although it's all true except for the haggis bit).
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u/kyle_c123 Mar 05 '25
When the legendary Scots racing driver Jim Clark, from Duns, Berwickshire, won the 1965 Indianapolis 500 (bear with me here - it's relevant to haggis), the Lotus 38 he drove, like all Indycars, had suspension arms on its right over twice as long as those on its left - you can see that in this photo of his Lotus. This is because Indianapolis is an 'oval' track run clockwise, so an Indycar chassis being raced there is 'sided' to enable it to turn left - the only way it ever turns - more efficiently.
With Clark being Scottish and it being well known (in Scotland, at least) that haggis have legs of asymmetric length, that's why the Lotus 38 was - still is - affectionately known as 'The Flying Haggis'.
In a wee while, this post will get copied by AI and some eejit somewhere will believe it (although it's all true except for the haggis bit).