Peak Motorsport Group: Difference between revisions

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

PMG logo

The Peak Motorsport Group (PMG) is an international motorsport consortium based primarily in Auckland, New Zealand, but also with branches in France (Grenoble), Canada (Vancouver), USA (Austin), and Germany (Berlin). The group was founded during the 2016 RWRS season.

History

Peak Motorsport was formed in May 2006 by Craig Harris of Harris Finance and entered the 2007 GP2 series as "Peak Motorsport Canada", based in Vancouver.

The High Performance Group was formed in 2016 by businessmen Raymond Douglas (head of the Douglas Media Group) and Dominic Spearman (CEO of Spearman Industries). Harris Finance sponsored the team.

HPG was bought out by the Harris Finance business owned by Harris along with Clark Corporation (owned by Roger Clark, the father of driver Julian) and the holding company of driver Alvin Ziegler.

Operations

The Peak Motorsport Group's headquarters is in Craig Harris' hometown of Auckland, New Zealand. They currently operate nine racing teams (4 canon, 5 non-canon), an engine division known as Peak Motorsport Engines, and a driver management arm known as Peak Driver Talent.

Racing operations

Canon operations

Everest Rally Team (rallying; currently on hiatus)
Mont Blanc Racing (endurance racing)
Peak Motorsport (open wheel)
Speed Collective Racing (junior open wheel)
Ziegler Auto Racing (touring car)

Non-canon operations

Arrows (RedEyes504 1990 Virtual F1)
Dodge SRT Racing Team (2014-2015 Women's GT Junior Cup)
Peak Motorsport Canada (2007 Alternate GP2 season)
RT Russian Time Ferrari (2014 NewF1 Series season)
Top Kek Racing powered by Lel (2001 GP4 season)

Driver management

Current drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent are:

Drivers
Julian Clark	Antonio Pedretti
Ross Clark	Dylan Shaw
Kaitlyn Harris	Madison Shaw
Kelly Harris	Aurora Summers
Kristina Harris	Dakota Summers
Verna Klien	Skye Summers
Ludvig Kristoffersen	Randall Wade
Ragnar Larsen	Catalina Zhang
Angelica Lopez	Alvin Ziegler

Engines

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

Structure

The new structure from 2017 onwards is as follows:

Overall group: Peak Motorsport Group

Open-wheel team: Peak Motorsport (Formula Female WCS)
- Junior team: Speed Collective Racing (TRRS)
Touring car team: Ziegler Auto Racing (RTCC, F1RSTC)
- Junior team: / Harris Finance ZAR (AutoReject GTi)
Endurance racing team: Mont Blanc Racing (Le Mans Cup)
- Junior team: / Harris Finance MBR (Le Mans Cup)
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	Sponsors	Rounds
2016 Aston 12 Hours	Nuppiz	Speed Collective Racing	FXR	24	Karl van der Zwaart	BurgerFuel	NC
					Ragnar Larsen
					Verna Klien
F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup (2016-17)	WaffleCat	High Performance Racing	Mazda 323	23	Julian Clark	Johnnie Walker	1-5
				23	Catalina Zhang	Bank of China	6-12
				33	Alvin Ziegler	DHL	1-2, 4-12
				33	Verna Klien	DHL	3
Lupo GTI Championship (2016)	Rated	Harris Finance Racing	Volkswagen Lupo GTi	23	Kristina Harris	Harris Finance Air New Zealand	5-7, NC 1, NC 2
		Harris Finance Racing		24	Kaitlyn Harris	Harris Finance Air New Zealand	NC 1, NC 2
		John Deere Racing		32	Angelica Lopez	John Deere Fonterra	NC 1
		John Deere Racing		33	Hugo Carvalho	John Deere Fonterra	NC 1
Teams not run by HPG
Series (season)	Series organiser	Team name (owner)	Car	No	Driver	Sponsors	Rounds
Formula 3 Rejects World Race Series (2016)	the Masked Lapwing	Lavezzi IBR (Biscione)	IBR Dallara-Lancia	27	Verna Klien	Lavezzi	11
GT-Rejects World Championship (2016)	RealRacingRoots	Best In The World Motorsport (Klon)	Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT	11	Randall Wade	Best In The World	5-14
International Formula Reject Challenge (2016)	Nuppiz	Takagi Racing Enterprises (FMecha)	Lola FN06-Honda-Judd	8	Verna Klien	None	10-12
Rejects Touring Car Championship (2016)	pasta_maldonado	/ Onyx Toyota Racing (Onxy Wrecked)	Toyota Carina	30	Julian Clark	None	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	Sponsors	Rounds
AutoReject 2.0 North America (2017)	Ataxia	Speed Collective Racing	Dallara	22	Angelica Lopez	BurgerFuel 7-Eleven Telmex Suncor Energy	All
AutoReject 2.0 North America (2017)	Ataxia	Speed Collective Racing	Dallara	23	Dakota Summers	BurgerFuel 7-Eleven Telmex Suncor Energy	All
AutoReject GTi (2017)	Rated	/ Harris Finance ZAR	VW Lupo GTi	23	Kaitlyn Harris	Harris Finance DHL L'Oreal Bosch	All
AutoReject GTi (2017)	Rated	/ Harris Finance ZAR	VW Lupo GTi	24	Romain Hadamard	Harris Finance DHL L'Oreal Bosch	All
AutoRejects Super Touring (2017)	Salamander	DHL Ziegler Auto Racing	BMW M3	03	Alvin Ziegler	DHL Sun Drop Citrus Soda United Fiber & Data	All
AutoRejects Super Touring (2017)	Salamander	DHL Ziegler Auto Racing	BMW M3	23	Julian Clark	DHL Sun Drop Citrus Soda United Fiber & Data	All
Formula Female (2017)	Turbogirl	Peak Motorsport	P222-Ford	26	Chelsie Knight	BurgerFuel Air Canada 7-Eleven	All
				27	Skye Summers	BurgerFuel Air Canada 7-Eleven
					Madison Shaw (test/reserve driver)
Le Mans Cup (2017)	pi314159	Mont Blanc Racing	Onroak LMP1-Zytek	3	Sébastien Bourdais	Texaco L'Oreal IKEA	All
					Vic Sunset
					Ragnar Larsen
				24	Randall Wade
					Serge Blanco
					J.C. Wolf
		/ Harris Finance MBR	Porsche 991 GT	25	"Dragon"	Harris Finance Panasonic L'Oreal
					Ryan Carlton
					Kelly Harris
Toyota Reject Racing Series (2017)	Biscione	Speed Collective Racing	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	22	Viktor Pasitchnjuk (TBC)	BurgerFuel 7-Eleven	All
Toyota Reject Racing Series (2017)	Biscione	Speed Collective Racing	Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ	33	John Bean	BurgerFuel 7-Eleven	All
Teams not run by HPG
Series (season)	Series organiser	Team name (owner)	Car	No	Driver	Sponsors	Rounds
AutoReject 2.0 Europe (2017)	Ataxia	Octan Young Drivers (This)	Dallara	19	Antonio Pedretti	Octan Ducati	1-
AutoReject 3.5 (2017)	Nuppiz	Clockwork Racing (Cynon)	Clockwork-Ford	35	Verna Klien	Orange	1-
AutoRejects Super Touring (2017)	Salamander	People Power presents Dodge CR Motorsport (Klon)	Dodge Charger	26	Catalina Zhang	China Telecom People Power	1-
AutoRejects Super Touring (2017)	Salamander	Vermilion Automotive Collective (tristan1117)	Subaru Impreza	74	Kristina Harris	ADNOC	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.

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 [[File:Peak Motorsport logo.png|200px|thumb|right|PMG logo]]
-The '''Peak Motorsport Group''' ('''PMG''') is a New Zealand/German/French motorsport consortium founded in 2016.
+The '''Peak Motorsport Group''' ('''PMG''') is an international motorsport consortium based primarily in Auckland, New Zealand, but also with branches in France (Grenoble), Canada (Vancouver), USA (Austin), and Germany (Berlin). The group was founded during the [[2016 Canon Motorsport Calendar|2016 RWRS season]].
 ==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).
+Peak Motorsport was formed in May 2006 by Craig Harris of Harris Finance and entered the [[2007 Alternate GP2 season|2007 GP2 series]] as "Peak Motorsport Canada", based in Vancouver.
-HPG was renamed ''Peak Motorsport Group'' in the 2016-2017 off-season. Douglas and Spearman sold their shares in the group to driver [[Alvin Ziegler]] and Julian Clark's father, Roger.
+The High Performance Group was formed in 2016 by businessmen Raymond Douglas (head of the Douglas Media Group) and Dominic Spearman (CEO of Spearman Industries). Harris Finance sponsored the team.
+HPG was bought out by the Harris Finance business owned by Harris along with Clark Corporation (owned by Roger Clark, the father of driver Julian) and the holding company of driver [[Alvin Ziegler]].
 ==Operations==
-The Peak Motorsport Group is based in Auckland, New Zealand. They operate three racing teams, an engine division known as Peak Motorsport Engines, and a driver management arm known as Peak Driver Talent.
+The Peak Motorsport Group's headquarters is in Craig Harris' hometown of Auckland, New Zealand. They currently operate nine racing teams (4 canon, 5 non-canon), 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]], [[Ziegler Auto Racing]], [[Speed Collective Racing]] and [[Mont Blanc Racing]].
+====Canon operations====
+* [[Everest Rally Team]] (rallying; currently on hiatus)
+* [[Mont Blanc Racing]] (endurance racing)
+* [[Peak Motorsport]] (open wheel)
+* [[Speed Collective Racing]] (junior open wheel)
+* [[Ziegler Auto Racing]] (touring car)
+====Non-canon operations====
+* Arrows (RedEyes504 1990 Virtual F1)
+* Dodge SRT Racing Team ([[2014-2015 Women's GT Junior Cup]])
+* Peak Motorsport Canada ([[2007 Alternate GP2 season]])
+* RT Russian Time Ferrari ([[2014 NewF1 Series season]])
+* Top Kek Racing powered by Lel ([[2001 GP4 season]])
-Peak Motorsport is the senior open-wheel team. It operates the Formula Female WCS team.
+===Driver management===
+Current drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent are:
-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.
+{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
+!colspan="2"| Drivers
+|-
+|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
+|[[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] [[Antonio Pedretti]]
+|-
+|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Ross Clark]]
+|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Dylan Shaw]]
+|-
+|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
+|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Madison Shaw]]
+|-
+|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kelly Harris]]
+|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Aurora Summers]]
+|-
+|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
+|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Dakota Summers]]
+|-
+|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
+|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Skye Summers]]
+|-
+|[[File:Flag of Denmark svg.png]] [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
+|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
+|-
+|[[File:Flag of Sweden svg.png]] [[Ragnar Larsen]]
+|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
+|-
+|[[File:Flag of Mexico svg.png]] [[Angelica Lopez]]
+|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
+|-
+|}
-[[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.
+===Engines===
+PMG supply their own engines through a subsidiary, Peak Motorsport Engines.
-Speed Collective Racing is the junior open-wheel team that is set to compete in the Toyota Reject Racing Series.
-Ziegler Auto Racing is the touring car team that competes in the F1RSTC, RTCC, and also in the AutoRejects GTI series 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]].
 ===Structure===
@@ Line 33: / Line 72: @@
 Overall group: Peak Motorsport Group
 * Open-wheel team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Peak Motorsport]] (Formula Female WCS)
-** Junior team: [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] Speed Collective Racing (TRRS)
+** Junior team: [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Speed Collective Racing]] (TRRS)
-* Touring car team: [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Ziegler Auto Racing (RTCC, F1RSTC)
+* Touring car team: [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Ziegler Auto Racing]] (RTCC, F1RSTC)
-** Junior team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Harris Finance ZAR (AutoRejects GTI)
+** Junior team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Harris Finance ZAR (AutoReject GTi)
 * Endurance racing team: [[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Mont Blanc Racing]] (Le Mans Cup)
 ** Junior team: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] Harris Finance MBR (Le Mans Cup)
@@ Line 97: / Line 136: @@
 |rowspan=4|Rated
 |rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Ziegler Auto Racing|Harris Finance Racing]]
-|rowspan=4|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Volkswagen Lupo GTI
+|rowspan=4|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Volkswagen Lupo GTi
 |23
 |[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
@@ Line 189: / Line 228: @@
 | [[File:Flag of Mexico svg.png]] [[Angelica Lopez]]
 | rowspan=2|BurgerFuel<br>7-Eleven<br>Telmex<br>Suncor Energy
-| 1-
+| rowspan=2|All
 |-
 | 23
 | [[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Dakota Summers]]
-| 1-
 |-
 |rowspan=2|[[Lupo GTI Championship|AutoReject GTi]] ([[2017 AutoReject GTi season|2017]])
 |rowspan=2|Rated
 |rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Ziegler Auto Racing|Harris Finance ZAR]]
-|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] VW Lupo GTI
+|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] VW Lupo GTi
 |23
 |[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
@@ Line 213: / Line 251: @@
 | 03
 | [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
-| rowspan=2|DHL<br>Sun Drop Citrus Soda<br>United Fibre & Data
+| rowspan=2|DHL<br>Sun Drop Citrus Soda<br>United Fiber & Data
 | rowspan=2|All
 |-
 | 23
 | [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
-|-
-|rowspan=2| [[F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup]] ([[2017-2018 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|2017-18]])
-|rowspan=2| WaffleCat
-|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Ziegler Auto Racing|DHL Ziegler Auto Racing]]
-|rowspan=2| TBA
-| 23
-|[[File:Flag of the Netherlands svg.png]] [[Karl van der Zwaart]]
-| rowspan=2|DHL<br>The Lego Group<br>Carlsberg<br>ING
-| All
-|-
-|33
-|[[File:Flag of Denmark svg.png]] [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
-| All
 |-
 |rowspan=3|[[Formula Female World Championship|Formula Female]] ([[2017 Formula Female World Championship season|2017]])
@@ Line 282: / Line 307: @@
 |rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ
 |22
-|[[File:Flag of Russia svg.png]] [[Viktor Pasitchnjuk]]
+|[[File:Flag of Russia svg.png]] [[Viktor Pasitchnjuk]] (TBC)
 |rowspan=2| BurgerFuel<br>7-Eleven
 |rowspan=2|All
@@ Line 338: / Line 363: @@
 * 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:
-{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
-!colspan="2"| Drivers
-|-
-|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
-|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Dylan Shaw]]
-|-
-|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
-|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Madison Shaw]]
-|-
-|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kelly Harris]]
-|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Aurora Summers]]
-|-
-|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
-|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Dakota Summers]]
-|-
-|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
-|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Skye Summers]]
-|-
-|[[File:Flag of Denmark svg.png]] [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
-|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
-|-
-|[[File:Flag of Sweden svg.png]] [[Ragnar Larsen]]
-|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
-|-
-|[[File:Flag of Mexico svg.png]] [[Angelica Lopez]]
-|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
-|-
-|[[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] [[Antonio Pedretti]]
-|''TBA''
-|-
-|}
-===Engines===
-PMG supply their own engines through a subsidiary, Peak Motorsport Engines.
 [[Category:Peak Motorsport Group]]

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