Derek Mackarel Motorsport

07/08/2026

Monaghan stages 2026 ✅
Happy to get a solid result considering having no experience on tar in an R5 car. Puncture on the last stage was the only problem all day.
Have to thank Johno Doogan for the usage of his tar kit and to Ava O Driscoll for a perfect job on the notes.

Special thanks to everyone in the service team to keep all cars going to get class wins in
class 10 with Cathal Sheridan and Barry mcCardle
Class 12 Justin smyth and Ciaran McGorman
Class 13 Ben Mc Intyre and Anthony McDonald

On to the next one.

11/05/2025

Happy enough with our runs today.
Pretty dusty but enjoying the run out 💪🏻 Few more to go.

11/05/2025

Let’s go 💪🏻

Round 3, you're up! Hoping for a better result after a D.N.F on round 2.
Welcome on board Clearwide Environmental Ltd Drain & Septic Tank Cleaning and The Tavern Bar Cappoquin.

Derek Mackarel Motorsport
Forest Rally Championship

21/03/2025

Let’s go again!

A new season is always exciting. Nerves abound in the build up to opening day, the first time to tackle a stage in anger. New cars are ready, shiny liveries awaiting their first peppering of gravel and a bumper calendar of events designed to provide the ultimate test to drivers and navigators alike.

24/12/2024

Well what a year it has been!

It was a very busy year that thankfully was full of success, from winning my first rally outright to securing both the Sligo Pallets Forest Rally Championship and the Mcgready Insurance Forest Rally Challenge.

This year would not have happened without everyone. Thanks to all that have been helping in the background, a few in the photo below 😜

Looking forward to 2025, can’t wait to be getting back on to the gravel with 8 great rally’s to get at.

Merry Christmas everyone and a happy new year. 🎉

01/12/2024

Some great days out this year 👌

23/09/2024

Lakeland’s & Bushwacker complete✅
The usual busy September with two classic forest rallys just 2 weeks apart.
Happy to finish up with top points in both the Sligo Pallets Forest Rally Championship and the McGrady insurance Motorsport UK Northern Ireland forest rally challenge
with these results this secures the overall win in both championships.
A massive thanks to Eamonn Creedon Co-Driver for doing an excellent job in the Navi seat and for keeping everything under control when things got interesting🫣
Thanks to Andy, Richard &Ciaran for a top job with the help before the rallys and in service.

Now to reset and make the trip to Clare for the last round of the Irish championship.

30/07/2024

The gravel itch is starting😉

18/04/2024

Great to have a chat with Krunching Gears about last weekends round in the Sligo Pallets Forest Rally Championship!

Krunching Gears - The Rally Podcast. In this episode, we catch up with the latest happenings in the European Rally Championship. There were three MI Rally Academy teams competing in Rally Hungary. We spoke with Jon Armstrong and Eoin Treacy, who competed in their M-Sport Fiesta Rally 2 and Junior ER...

17/04/2024

What a weekend. Thanks to all the wonderful messages and posts, it’s been unreal to see all the support across the motorsport community! Here is stage 5 where we came home 3.1 seconds ahead of the rest.

Huge shout out to Darren Curran for stepping in at such short notice and to all the men in the background, Ciaran McGorman Andy Mackarel and Richard Cassidy, you’ve been there since day one and was great to have yous there for the first hopefully of many!

Bit of a break now until August but we’re going to continue to learn the car and rebuild to make sure we see the top step of the podium again 💪🏻