Johnny Treanor has been remembered as “one of the best” motorsport talents in Ireland.
The Monaghan man died when his motorbike collided with a car in Donegal yesterday.
Tributes have been paid from across Irish motorsports to the late Johnny Treanor.
Motorsport Ireland wish to extend sympathy to the family & friends of Jonathan Treanor who tragically died yesterday. A @MonMotorClub member, he had finished 2nd in Clare Motor Club’s Autocross on Easter Sunday & was a Billy Coleman Award finalist in 2017. May he rest in peace pic.twitter.com/uuAbqnrc8S
— Motorsport Ireland (@MotorsportIRL) April 19, 2022
A regular competitor across a number of disciplines and most recently finishing 2nd in Clare Motor Club’s Autocross event on Easter Sunday, he was killed in a two vehicle collision in Rossnowlagh yesterday evening.
The occupants of the other car were uninjured.
In a post online, Monaghan Motor Club said “he had an incredible driving talent with success in various motorsport categories”.
Perhaps known best for his heroics in his iconic blue Honda Civic rally car, he was a finalist in the Billy Coleman Award competition in 2017.
Those who competed alongside Johnny described him as “one of the best talents in this country to ever get behind the wheel of a rally car”.
Meanwhile, those who knew the late Mr Treanor, have described him as a "genuine guy, with unreal talent" and someone who was "one in a million."
Investigations into the collision are ongoing, with Gardai appealing for witnesses or anyone with dash-cam footage to come forward.
