Peak Motorsport Group: Difference between revisions

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This article is about the group itself. For the team, see Peak Motorsport.

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The Peak Motorsport Group (abbreviated to PMG) is a New Zealand motorsport consortium founded in 2016.

History

The High Performance Group was formed in 2016 by businessmen Raymond Douglas (head of the Douglas Media Group), Craig Harris (owner of Harris Finance), and Dominic Spearman (CEO of Spearman Industries). It competed in the F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup, Rejects Rallycross Championship, and the Lupo GTI Championship.

In the off-season between 2016 and 2017, Spearman and Douglas sold their shares to British supermarket magnate Roger Clark (father of Julian) and Mexican telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim. The group was renamed as the Peak Motorsport Group.

Operations

The Peak Motorsport Group is based in Auckland, New Zealand (although Glacier Mont Blanc Racing is based in Grenoble, France). They operate three racing teams, an engine division known as Peak Motorsport Engines, and a driver management arm known as Peak Driver Talent.

Racing operations

For more information, see Peak Motorsport and Mont Blanc Racing.

Peak Motorsport is the senior open-wheel team.

Mont Blanc Racing (MBR) is the endurance racing arm. It operates an LMP1 team in the Le Mans Cup and also a GT team, known as Harris Finance MBR.

Everest Rally Team is the rally team. It has been placed on hiatus due to the collapse of the Reject Rally Trophy and Rejects Rallycross Championship series that it was competing in.

Speed Collective Racing is the junior open-wheel team.

Ziegler Auto Racing is the touring car team that competes in the F1RSTC and also in the Lupo GTI Cup under the Harris Finance ZAR name.

Additionally, PMG operates the Dodge SRT Racing Team in the Women's GT Junior Cup and Team New Zealand in the Community Racing Series.

Structure

The new structure from 2017 onwards is as follows:

Overall group: Peak Motorsport Group

Open-wheel team: Peak Motorsport
- Junior team: Speed Collective Racing
Touring car team: Ziegler Auto Racing
- Junior team: / Harris Finance ZAR
Endurance racing team: Mont Blanc Racing
- Junior team: / Harris Finance MBR
Rallying team: Everest Rally Team (on hiatus)
Engines: Peak Motorsport Engines
Driver management: Peak Driver Talent

Team and driver schedule

2016

Please note: PMG was known as the High Performance Group during the 2016 RWRS season

HPG's team and driver schedule for the current 2016 Reject World Race Series season is as follows:

Teams run by HPG
Series (season)	Series organiser	Team name	Car	No	Driver	Rounds
2016 Aston 24 Hours	Nuppiz	Speed Collective Racing	FXR	24	Karl van der Zwaart	NC
					Verna Klien
					TBA
F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup (2016-17)	WaffleCat	High Performance Racing	Mazda 323	23	Julian Clark	1-5
				23	Catalina Zhang	6-12
				33	Alvin Ziegler	1-2, 4-12
				33	Verna Klien	3
Lupo GTI Championship (2016)	Rated	Harris Finance Racing	Volkswagen Lupo GTI	23	Kristina Harris	5-7, NC 1, NC 2
		Harris Finance Racing		24	Kaitlyn Harris	NC 1, NC 2
		John Deere Racing		32	Angelica Lopez	NC 1
		John Deere Racing		33	Hugo Carvalho	NC 1
Teams not run by HPG
Series (season)	Series organiser	Team name (owner)	Car	No	Driver	Rounds
GT-Rejects World Championship (2016)	RealRacingRoots	Best In The World Motorsport (Klon)	Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT	11	Randall Wade	5-14
International Formula Reject Challenge (2016)	Nuppiz	Takagi Racing Enterprises (FMecha)	Lola FN06-Honda-Judd	8	Verna Klien	10-12
Porsche Reject Cup (Fall 2016)	Hound55	Eastern Racing Associates (pasta_maldonado)	Porsche 911 GT3	8	Catalina Zhang	1-8
Rejects Touring Car Championship (2016)	pasta_maldonado	/ Onyx Toyota Racing (Onxy Wrecked)	Toyota Carina	30	Julian Clark	4-13

2017

PMG's provisional team and driver schedule for the 2017 Reject World Race Series season is as follows:

PLEASE NOTE: This is completely provisional and is subject to change.

Teams run by HPG
Series (season)	Series organiser	Team name	Car	No	Driver	Rounds
F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup (2017-18)	WaffleCat	Ziegler Auto Racing	TBA	23	Karl van der Zwaart	All
F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup (2017-18)	WaffleCat	Ziegler Auto Racing	TBA	33	TBA	All
Le Mans Cup (2017)	pi314159	Mont Blanc Racing	Onroak LMP1-Zytek	3	Sébastien Bourdais	All
					Vic Sunset
					Ragnar Larsen
				24	Randall Wade
					Serge Blanco
					J.C. Wolf
		/ Harris Finance MBR	Porsche 991 GT	25	"Dragon"
					Ryan Carlton
					Kelly Harris
Lupo GTI Championship (2017)	Rated	/ Harris Finance ZAR	VW Lupo GTI	23	Kaitlyn Harris	All
Lupo GTI Championship (2017)	Rated	/ Harris Finance ZAR	VW Lupo GTI	24	TBA	TBA
Teams not run by HPG
Series (season)	Series organiser	Team name (owner)	Car	No	Driver	Rounds
AutoReject 2.0 (2017)	Ataxia	Octan Young Drivers (This)	Dallara	23	Angelica Lopez	1-

NOTES:

Some PMG drivers may be available for driving duties. Inquire with PMG management.
Teams/cars marked "TBA" in the round column have not yet been confirmed.

Other operations

Driver management

Current drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent are:

Drivers
Hugo Carvalho	Verna Klien
Julian Clark	Ragnar Larsen
Randall Wade	Angelica Lopez
Kaitlyn Harris	Skye Summers
Kelly Harris	Catalina Zhang
Kristina Harris	Alvin Ziegler

Engines

PMG supply their own engines through a subsidiary, Peak Motorsport Engines.

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 ===Racing operations===
-''For more information, see [[Peak Motorsport]], [[Everest Rally Team]], and [[Glacier Mont Blanc Racing]].
+''For more information, see [[Peak Motorsport]] and [[Glacier Mont Blanc Racing|Mont Blanc Racing]].
-Peak Motorsport is the main team of PMG. It currently runs a [[F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup]] team and a [[Lupo GTI Championship|Lupo GTI]] team (under the Harris Finance Racing moniker).
+Peak Motorsport is the senior open-wheel team.
-Glacier Mont Blanc Racing (GMBR) is PMG's endurance racing team. It has entered two teams in the [[2017 Le Mans Cup]], a LMP1 team, and a GT team under the Harris Finance GT banner.
+Mont Blanc Racing (MBR) is the endurance racing arm. It operates an LMP1 team in the Le Mans Cup and also a GT team, known as Harris Finance MBR.
-Everest Rally Team is the rally operation of PMG. It competes in the [[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship]].
+[[Everest Rally Team]] is the rally team. It has been placed on hiatus due to the collapse of the [[Reject Rally Trophy]] and [[Rejects Rallycross Championship]] series that it was competing in.
+Speed Collective Racing is the junior open-wheel team.
+Ziegler Auto Racing is the touring car team that competes in the F1RSTC and also in the Lupo GTI Cup under the Harris Finance ZAR name.
 Additionally, PMG operates the Dodge SRT Racing Team in the [[2014-2015 Women's GT Junior Cup|Women's GT Junior Cup]] and Team New Zealand in the [[2015 Community Racing Series season|Community Racing Series]].
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 Overall group: Peak Motorsport Group
-* Open-wheel team: [[Peak Motorsport]]
+* Open-wheel team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Peak Motorsport]]
-** Junior team: [[The Speed Collective]]
+** Junior team: [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] Speed Collective Racing
-* Touring car team: [[Ziegler Automobile Rennsport]]
+* Touring car team: [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Ziegler Auto Racing
-** Junior team: Harris Finance Racing
+** Junior team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Harris Finance ZAR
-* Endurance racing team: [[Glacier Mont Blanc Racing]]
+* Endurance racing team: [[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Glacier Mont Blanc Racing|Mont Blanc Racing]]
-** Junior team: Harris Finance GT
+** Junior team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] Harris Finance MBR
-* Rallying team: [[Everest Rally Team]]
+* Rallying team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Everest Rally Team]] (on hiatus)
 * Engines: Peak Motorsport Engines
 * Driver management: Peak Driver Talent
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 |[[File:Flag of Portugal svg.png]] [[Hugo Carvalho]]
 |NC 1
-|-
-|rowspan=3| [[Rejects Rallycross Championship]] ([[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|2016]])
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-|rowspan=3| [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]  [[Everest Rally Team|HPR Ford Rallycross Team]]
-|rowspan=3| [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] Ford Escort
-|3
-|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
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-|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
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-|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]] (TBC)
+|TBA
 |-
 |rowspan=9| [[Le Mans Cup]] ([[2017 Le Mans Cup|2017]])
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+|rowspan=6| [[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Glacier Mont Blanc Racing|Mont Blanc Racing]]
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 |[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[J.C. Wolf]]
 |-
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+|rowspan=3|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Glacier Mont Blanc Racing|Harris Finance MBR]]
 |rowspan=3|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Porsche 991 GT
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 |rowspan=2|[[Lupo GTI Championship]] ([[2017 Lupo GTI Championship season|2017]])
 |rowspan=2|Rated
-|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Peak Motorsport|Harris Finance Racing]]
+|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Peak Motorsport|Harris Finance ZAR]]
 |rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] VW Lupo GTI
 |23
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 |-
 |[[File:Flag of Portugal svg.png]] [[Hugo Carvalho]]
-|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
+|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
 |-
 |[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
-|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
+|[[File:Flag of Sweden svg.png]] [[Ragnar Larsen]]
 |-
 |[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
-|[[File:Flag of Sweden svg.png]] [[Ragnar Larsen]]
-|-
-|[[File:Flag of Australia svg.png]] [[Vern Fraser]]
 |[[File:Flag of Mexico svg.png]] [[Angelica Lopez]]
 |-
 |[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
+|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Skye Summers]]
+|-
+|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kelly Harris]]
 |[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
 |-
-|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kelly Harris]]
+|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
 |[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
 |}

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