| 22 January 2010
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SOUTH Australian motorcycle racing legend Greg Pretty has been killed in a head-on crash with another rider, who also died in the horrific Hills collision.
"He was a top guy, a fierce competitor and true friend to many people," he said.
The champion rider and former SA Sports Star of the Year, and the other man, were pronounced dead at the scene of the collision on the Macclesfield to Echunga road, near Macclesfield.
Pretty's mate of 30 years and former racing competitor Rick Dowsett said the motorcycle community was in shock over the tragic loss.
"He won a lot of production races and was very professional about his sport, which he took seriously, but he would have a few drinks now and then with his mates."
Pretty was also a Duke of Edinburgh Award winner in 1979, the same year he won the Australian Unlimited motorcycle racing title.
He also raced for a short time in the UK in the mid 1970s.
The Hartwell Motorcycle Club sends its condolences to Greg's friends and family.
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R.I.P.