A teenage motorcycle racer from Queensland was killed in a crash during a support race at the Superbike World Championship meet at Phillip Island on Saturday.
Organisers said Oscar McIntyre, 17, was competing in the opening round of the 2012 Superstock 600cc Championship.
The crash, which also involved two other riders, occurred on lap two of the scheduled 12-lap race at approximately 2.00pm AEDT.
The riders collided between turns two and three.
The other riders involved were Luke Burgess and Michael Lockhart.
Burgess was treated at circuit’s medical centre and soon released while Lockhart remains under observation with non life-threatening injuries.
A medical team work unsuccessfully to revived McIntyre who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Superpole session for the superbike races on Sunday was cancelled with the grid to be formed according to the qualifying session earlier on Saturday.
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