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06 Sept 2025

Rising star Kyle McBride set to shine in Stellantis Cup

McBride will also compete in the Junior European Rally Championship starting in April and will no doubt be a front-runner at the Stellantis Cup

Kyle McBride wins junior class in Wales, but edged to Junior BRC title

Liam McIntyre and Kyle McBride celebrate in Wales back in October

Donegal rally driver Kyle McBride will move into the Stellantis Cup after a confidence-boosting Junior BRC campaign over the last few years.

Honing his skills on the asphalt and gravel, McBride has progressed rapidly in recent times and will undoubtedly be a front-runner this season.

McBride will also compete in the Junior European Rally Championship later this year too.

The Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy member has acquired a Peugeot 208 Rally4 for the six-round campaign which starts at Rally Hungary in April.

The 20-year-old Carndonagh man is keen to build on his progress after finishing a close second in last year’s Junior British Rally Championship in only his second year in Rally4 machinery.

The Academy which McBride is a member of was established in 2019 to provide promising young drivers with a pathway from the junior rallying ranks through to competing at World Rally Championship (WRC) level.

Those eligible to enter the high-performance academy were chosen from the Billy Coleman Award nominees.

Drivers and navigators who are part of the Academy will undergo a rigorous training programme to develop their skills and discipline and move them up through the various competitive classes in Irish rallying through to the highest levels of the sport internationally.

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