Events Archives - Darren Woolway

April 2, 2026

ULTRA4 Europe – King of Germany 2026 | Official Media Coverage & Photography Highlights

The ULTRA4 Europe – King of Germany 2026 marked the first event of a new era for the championship. Hosted at the Armin Schwarz Driving Center in Gröningen, Germany, the event ran from 26–28 March 2026 and welcomed around 40 teams across five competitive classes. With temperatures hovering around 1°C, overcast skies, and rain on the final day turning sections of the course into thick mud, conditions ensured a true Ultra4 challenge.

As the Media Co-Ordinator for Ultra4 Europe, my goal at this event was not only to document the racing, but also to support the wider mission of rebuilding the brand, elevating media quality, and increasing exposure ahead of a full relaunch in 2027. This included producing high-quality photography, capturing compelling footage for the upcoming event video, and preparing visual assets suitable for manufacturer and partner pitches — including Nikon.

A New Venue, A New Chapter

2026 introduced a completely new venue for King of Germany. The Armin Schwarz Driving Center offered a mix of fast rally-style sections, deep ruts, wooded lanes, and muddy technical zones — especially after Saturday’s rainfall. The combination of cold weather, slippery terrain, and a fresh course layout created an intense challenge for both seasoned teams and newcomers.

A major talking point of the weekend came early:
2025 King of Germany winner, Jim Marsden, suffered an engine failure during Qualifying, preventing him from defending his title.

King of Germany 2026 – Official Class Results

Below are the confirmed winners from each class:

4900 UTV

1st: #444 DBAC Racing
2nd: #022 Beecroff’s Tyres
3rd: #312 J&D Offroad

4800 Legend

1st: #311 J&D Offroad
2nd: #21 Frejtag Racing
3rd: #84 Team Krol

4400 Unlimited

1st: #934 Schmidt 4×4
2nd: #777 Korpysa Motorsport
3rd: #2812 The Crazy Germans

Trophy Extrem

1st: #3 Offroader 24
2nd: #0815 Erdnuckel
3rd: #7 Oldschool Division

Trophy Proto

1st: #137 Woldstaagangster
2nd: #166 Meier Racing
3rd: #710 Team Nemo

Congratulations to every podium finisher, and respect to all competitors who braved the cold, the rain, and the mud to put on an incredible show.

Photography Highlights — Gallery Now Live

The photo gallery is now live, showcasing a selection of my favourite images from throughout the weekend. These include:

High-speed action shots
Mud-covered machines battling through the course
Rock and technical sections
Driver portraits and candid paddock moments
Atmospheric wide-angle images of the new venue
Night and low-light captures
Team interactions and behind-the-scenes coverage

This collection is designed not only for fans and competitors, but also as part of the broader media upgrade for Ultra4 Europe — providing strong, high-impact visuals that support the championship’s redevelopment and future partnerships.

Event Video Coming Soon

I am currently editing the official event highlight video, which will include:

Multi-camera race coverage
Aerial shots
Qualifying and race-day sequences
Mud, rain, and low-light conditions
Paddock atmosphere
Narrative-driven motorsport cinematics

The video will be added to this page as soon as it is complete.

Rebuilding Ultra4 Europe — Looking Ahead to 2027

King of Germany 2026 represents a key step in rebuilding Ultra4 Europe from the ground up. With a refreshed media strategy, stronger visual identity, and improved digital presence — including a new website being developed for the 2027 season — the goal is to elevate the championship to the premium off-road level it deserves.

High-quality imagery and video are central to this plan, helping:

Attract new partners and manufacturers
Provide better value to sponsors
Give teams professional assets for promotion
Increase fan engagement
Strengthen the Ultra4 brand across Europe

Next Event: King of Nations 2026

The journey continues with King of Nations, the next round in the championship. I will again be providing complete Ultra4 Europe media coverage — photography, video production, social content, and official storytelling.

Work With Me

If you are a manufacturer, team, sponsor, brand, or event organiser looking for professional motorsport media — including photography, cinematics, brand storytelling, or long-form documentary content — please get in touch.

This project is part of a broader initiative to elevate Ultra4 Europe’s visual identity and rebuild the championship ahead of the 2027 relaunch. I welcome partnership discussions and media collaborations.

📩 Contact: darren@darrenwoolway.co.uk +44 7849 385 331

Day 1 – Set up and Layout of the track

It takes more than just the drivers, without the plethora of volunteers; events like this just wouldn’t take place.

First Day of Racing

Technical Inspection, Drivers Briefing and Qualifying Laps to set the start order for EMC and 4400 UNLIMITED Classes.

Second Day of Racing

30 minute heats for EMC & 4400 UNLIMITED, Qualifying laps for Trophy Class.

Third Day of Racing

45 minute heats for EMC & 4400 UNLIMITED, 120 minute heats for Trophy Class.

March 2, 2021

Isuzu D-Max Launch UK – Sheerness Docks

September 9, 2019

Kent’s Classic Car Show 2019

With over 600 cars in attendance at this years Kent Classic Car Show at Aylesford Priory it was definitely not one to be missed. We were blessed with amazing weather for the Capri’s 50th Anniversary and were so happy to see a few made it to our show! Thanks to everyone who came and helped support my local business, please find below some web ready versions of your images, please credit and tag me when sharing on Instagram (@dwoolway) and on Facebook Darren Woolway-Photographer, you should be able to right click and save the images straight from the page. If you would like a full resolution image that is printable you can purchase it here: https://scorpionmedia.co.uk/product/event-photography/

July 26, 2019

All Ford Show 2019

With over 600 cars in attendance at this years All Ford Show at Aylesford Priory it was definitely not one to be missed. We were blessed with amazing weather for the Ford Sidevalve Owners Club 50th Anniversary who won best club stand, but it is an important year for the Capri’s too as it is their 50th anniversary! Thanks to everyone who came and helped support my local business, please find below some web ready versions of your images, you should be able to right click and save the images straight from the page. If you would like a full resolution image that is printable you can purchase it here: https://scorpionmedia.co.uk/product/event-photography/

May 16, 2019

Motors by the Moat 2019

Thank you everyone for coming along to Motors by the Moat at Leeds Castle at the weekend. Despite the poor weather on Saturday there was a great turnout with around 300 cars on Saturday and 550 cars on Sunday. As promised everyone who has purchased a printed product I have uploaded a web-ready version of your image to share online below. Simply right click and choose Save As. If you are using a mobile you may have to hold your finger down and open the image in a new tab before you will see the option to Save. Please feel free to share the gallery using the social links at the bottom of the page.

July 30, 2018

Kent VW Festival 2018

This year the show returned back to Coldred in Dover, as we set up on Thursday it was a scorcher of a day at 37C and it was looking to be a sunny weekend… then Friday night around 7.30pm a great cloud that looked like a sausage roll rolled over the campsite followed by a massive updraft of wind lifting and snapping gazebos and tents everywhere. For those who survived the aftermath we were treated to some amazing bands throughout the weekend, a funfair and plenty of activities for the kids to enjoy.

We clocked in around 430 cars, thanks to everyone who turned up and purchased prints and mugs. Find purchased images below; which you can use on your social media.

Didn’t manage to view your car? Email darren@darrenwoolway.co.uk with rougly the time you entered on Friday along with your car make, model, colour and reg and we I try to find it for you.

July 24, 2018

Kent Kit, Custom, American & All Ford Show 2018

This years show was an absolute scorcher, makes an amazing difference compared to all the rain we had during the show season last year. Talking of rain the Kent All Ford Show was cancelled in April due to a waterlogged field and combined this July with the Kent Kit, Custom and American Car show. We clocked in around 650 cars, thanks to everyone who turned up and purchased prints and mugs. Find purchased images below which you can use on your social media.

Didn’t manage to view your car? Email darren@darrenwoolway.co.uk with your entry time (written on the orange card), your car make, model, colour and reg and we I try to find it for you.

May 14, 2018

Motors by the Moat 2018

It was great to see so many people this weekend, new and old faces. We counted roughly 230 cars on Saturday and 500 on Sunday. Thanks for all those that purchased, please find images you can use for social media below.

April 16, 2018

A Cayman GTS, a Canon and a Grenade…

I love it when a plan comes together, Frankie Jim from Canon contacted me a couple of months ago in regards to running a workshop in collaboration with Porsche Club GB for their members. It seemed like a perfect idea to celebrate Porsche’s 70th Anniversary, but the challenge for me was of course to make it something for the members to remember and talk about for a long time.

Frankie wanted to find two contrasting photographers for the event, and he certainly did that as the second guest photographer was Rod Fountain, a Behind The Scenes photographer for Top Gear. Rod has very little time to set up his shots (although the film crew usually put the cars in pretty good places) and has to work using mainly available light within a short period of time minding many obstacles along the way. I think that as photographers you never stop learning and if you can pick up even one tip then it has been a useful experience. The tip I found most useful from Rod was how he goes from a faster shutter speed to a slower shutter speed in just one pan using Tv mode and a slide of his finger, this gives two contrasting shots in one pass which I think is invaluable.

Compared to the work I do which is much more in a controlled environment, I usually have more time to adjust my shots and more time to set up artificial lighting to get the edgy look I love. It is so much more technical but I feel that I will be shooting a lot more natural light shots from now on to not only speed up my shooting but vary my portfolio.

Arriving on the Thursday to set up; the lorry arrived before the rest of the crew… as I started to unload the lorry I realised quite how much kit I had ordered. The great thing about advertising shoots and events like this is that I can get all the kit I need, more than I need sometimes but it means that if scenarios or weather conditions change I have what I need to still make the most out of the experience. I have to admit I felt like a kid in a candy shop, there were lines and lines of Canon cameras and lenses for everyone to play with along with all the gear Manfrotto, Broncolor and Lastolite had sent me.

The first workshop day was Friday the 13th, duh dun daaaar… luckily it all went relatively smoothly. The first day was set up for the Canon Pro Service members, and tickets for this day (75 available) were sold out in just under 1 hour, nearly crashing the PCGB website! That is the fastest one of these event days has ever sold out. I knew that these members were going to be looking for more technical details than the PCGB members so I set up a rather lovely interior shot for them to do of a rare 356 Coupe, following this I got them to shoot a few contrasty detail shots of the exterior. These were both shot with the Canon 5DS and the 85mm f/1.2 II USM lens, a Manfrotto tri-pod and up to 3 Broncolor 1200L Move Lights.

In the second half of the day the set ups were repeated but instead of doing the exterior shots I got the group to help me set up the surprise shot which was a Porsche 997 with green smoke. This was lit using 5x Broncolor Heads, 2x Para 88’s, 2 x Standard Reflectors and 1x 1×4′ Softbox, a manfrotto tripod, a Canon 5DS and 35mm f/1.4 II USM Lens.

Day 2 was set up to help the Porsche Club GB members take better shots of their vehicles when out at shows, this is the day that would work better for Rod as I am sure 99.9% of the members would not have access the gear that I have. However, I did mention that they could in fact use a speedlight at night to light their vehicles in a similar way to how I was with my larger units. To make sure that I had a variety of cars to shoot I went out to the car park to see what the members had brought with them, and during the talk I read out their numberplates jokingly saying that I had damaged their vehicles. Instead I planned to use them on a couple of sets. The first shot for the day was the interior of a Porsche Targa 4 GTS using the studio gear and then the Porsche 356 Coupe outside using natural light and some chandelier glass for diffraction effects.

I thought it would be a great addition if we could demonstrate a rig shot at the event, unfortunately there was no scheduled time for this so instead I took some time out of lunch to demonstrate to those who were interested. Thanks to Peter Webb who lent us his Porsche GT3 for the shot, using a Canon 5DS, 17-40mm f/4 lens and an 8 second exposure.

The second group photographed the Targa interior shot and then helped me to set up a Porsche Cayman GTS for the final set. You should have seen the owners face when she saw smoke bellowing out from her beloved car; however, she was more than frilled with the results.

Overall it was a really enjoyable weekend, it wouldn’t have been possible without the help of Porsche Club GB’s General Manager Chris Seaward, Canons very own Frankie Jim, Top Gears Rod Fountain, the amazing man with a brush Mark Lacey and all the sponsors including Manfrotto and their partner brands. It was a privilege to be part of this experience and I look forward to the next one!