UK, Aug 10: Scottish former Indianapolis 500 driver Jim Crawford has died at the age of 54. Crawford, who also raced briefly in Formula One, competed in the USA's biggest motor race eight times, with a best finish of sixth in 1988.
Crawford had been running third in 1988 with three laps to go when he had to make a lengthy pit stop that dropped him back three places.
That result came just 12 months after a crash in qualifying for the previous year's race left him with severe leg injuries, for which he required lengthy rehabilitation.

Crawford became synonymous with running stock-block engines, which had a more generous turbo boost allowance than the designed-for-racing engines in the other cars. The stock-block cars tended to go well in qualifying but be unreliable in the race - and in 1989, Crawford set qualifying records for a stock-block engine.
He started fourth and was running fourth in the Indianapolis 500 that year when sidelined by a broken drive line.
Three years later, Crawford set an unofficial Indy record with a lap of 233.433 mph.
He finished 24th in the 1993 Indy 500 and retired after failing to make the field in 1994 and 1995.
Team owner John Menard led the tributes, describing his former driver as "the bravest man I ever knew."
Menard added: "He was a wonderful, wonderful human being. We had some great times and memories. Jim had this wry Scottish sense of humour."
Bureau Report