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''This article is about the group itself. For the racing arm, see [[High Performance Racing]]''
''This article is about the group itself. For the team, see [[Peak Motorsport]]''.


[[File:HP group.png|200px|right|thumb|HPG logo]]
The '''Peak Motorsport Group''' (abbreviated to '''PMG''') is a New Zealand motorsport consortium.


The '''High Performance Group''' (abbreviated to '''HPG''') is a New Zealand motorsport consortium.
==History==
PMG was formed as the High Performance Group in 2016 by businessmen Raymond Douglas, Craig Harris, and Dominic Spearman. It competed in the [[F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup]], [[Rejects Rallycross Championship]], [[Lupo GTI Championship]], and the [[Reject Rally Trophy]].


==Formation and ownership==
For 2017, Spearman and Douglas' shares in the business were bought out by British businessman Roger Clark (father of HPG driver [[Julian Clark|Julian]]) and Mexican investor Héctor Vázquez (backer of driver [[Angelica Lopez]]) and the group was renamed as the Peak Motorsport Group.
HPG is owned by businessmen Raymond Douglas, Craig Harris, and Dominic Spearman through their companies the Douglas Media Group, Harris Finance Limited, and Spearman Industries LLC. The group was formed by Spearman and Douglas with Harris buying into the group later on.


==Operations==
==Operations==
The High Performance Group are based in Auckland, New Zealand. They have a racing operation, known as High Performance Racing and a driver management arm, known as High Performance Driver Talent Management.
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.


===Racing operations===
===Racing operations===
''See [[High Performance Racing]]''
''See [[Peak Motorsport]]'', ''[[Everest Rally Team]]'', and ''[[Glacier Mont Blanc Racing]]''.


The High Performance Group fully owns and manages High Performance Racing. HPR currently compete in the Lupo GTI championship, the F1RSTC, the RRC, and the RRT. They are the official factory Mazda team in the F1RSTC, and also in the RTCC from 2017 onwards. They are also supported by Ford in the RRC and RRT.
PMG operates three racing teams: Peak Motorsport, its Touring Car team that runs in RTCC and Lupo GTI; Everest Rally Team, the Rallying arm that competes in RRT and RRC; and the endurance racing operation Glacier Mont Blanc Racing, that runs cars in the ACO Le Mans Cup.


===2017 plans===
==Group structure==
The group will have a new structure from 2017 as follows:
The new structure from 2017 onwards is as follows:


Overall group: Peak Motorsport Group<br>
Overall group: Peak Motorsport Group<br>
* Touring car team: BurgerFuel Mazdaspeed Racing (RTCC)<br>
* Touring car team: Peak Motorsport (RTCC, Lupo GTI)<br>
* Rally team: John Deere Everest Ford Rally Team (RRT)<br>
* Rally team: Everest Rally Team (RRT)<br>
* Endurance racing/GT team: Glacier Mont Blanc Racing (ACO Le Mans)
* Endurance racing/GT team: Glacier Mont Blanc Racing and Harris Finance GT (ACO Le Mans)
* Engine divison: Peak Motorsport Engines
* Engine divison: Peak Motorsport Engines
* Driver management divison: Peak Driver Talent
* Driver management divison: Peak Driver Talent
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====Team and driver schedule====
====Team and driver schedule====
=====2016=====
=====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:
HPG's team and driver schedule for the current [[2016 Reject World Race Series season]] is as follows:


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=====2017=====
=====2017=====
HPG's provisional team and driver schedule for the [[2017 Reject World Race Series season]] is as follows:
PMG's provisional team and driver schedule for the [[2017 Reject World Race Series season]] is as follows:
 
From 2017, HPR will be known as ''Peak Motorsport'', with the rallying/rallycross operation known as ''Everest Rally Team''.
 
The new endurance racing team will be known as ''Glacier Mont Blanc Racing''.


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


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Drivers available to race for other teams: Verna Klien, Catalina Zhang, Kaitlyn Harris, Kelly Harris, Angelica Lopez.


===Other operations===
===Other operations===
====Driver management====
====Driver management====
Current drivers managed by High Performance Driver Talent Management are:
Current drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent are:


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====Engines====
====Engines====
HPR supply their own engines through a subsidiary, High Performance Engines Limited.
PMG supply their own engines through a subsidiary, Peak Motorsport Engines.


[[Category:High Performance Group]]
[[Category:Peak Motorsport Group]]

Revision as of 23:09, 30 January 2014

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

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

History

PMG was formed as the High Performance Group in 2016 by businessmen Raymond Douglas, Craig Harris, and Dominic Spearman. It competed in the F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup, Rejects Rallycross Championship, Lupo GTI Championship, and the Reject Rally Trophy.

For 2017, Spearman and Douglas' shares in the business were bought out by British businessman Roger Clark (father of HPG driver Julian) and Mexican investor Héctor Vázquez (backer of driver Angelica Lopez) and the group was renamed as the Peak Motorsport Group.

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.

Racing operations

See Peak Motorsport, Everest Rally Team, and Glacier Mont Blanc Racing.

PMG operates three racing teams: Peak Motorsport, its Touring Car team that runs in RTCC and Lupo GTI; Everest Rally Team, the Rallying arm that competes in RRT and RRC; and the endurance racing operation Glacier Mont Blanc Racing, that runs cars in the ACO Le Mans Cup.

Group structure

The new structure from 2017 onwards is as follows:

Overall group: Peak Motorsport Group

  • Touring car team: Peak Motorsport (RTCC, Lupo GTI)
  • Rally team: Everest Rally Team (RRT)
  • Endurance racing/GT team: Glacier Mont Blanc Racing and Harris Finance GT (ACO Le Mans)
  • Engine divison: Peak Motorsport Engines
  • Driver management divison: Peak Driver Talent

Major sponsors: Mazda, Ford, Harris Finance, John Deere, BurgerFuel
Minor sponsors: Peak Antifreeze, Rislone Engine Treatment, Spies Hecker, Fonterra, Video Ezy

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
F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup (2016-17) WaffleCat Flag of New Zealand svg.png Mazda Team HPR Flag of Japan svg.png Mazda 323 23 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Julian Clark 1-5
Flag of China svg.png Catalina Zhang 6-12
33 Flag of Germany svg.png Alvin Ziegler 1-2, 4-12
Flag of Austria svg.png Verna Klien 3
Lupo GTI Championship (2016) Rated Flag of New Zealand svg.png Harris Finance Racing Flag of Germany svg.png Volkswagen Lupo GTI 22 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kelly Harris NC 1
23 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kristina Harris 5-7
24 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kaitlyn Harris NC 1
Flag of New Zealand svg.png John Deere Racing 32 Flag of Mexico svg.png Angelica Lopez NC 1
33 Flag of Portugal svg.png Hugo Carvalho NC 1
Rejects Rallycross Championship (2016) Dark77 Flag of New Zealand svg.png HPR Ford Rallycross Team Flag of the United States svg.png Ford Escort 3 Flag of Germany svg.png Alvin Ziegler 3-9
23 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kristina Harris
Reject Rally Trophy (2016) Biscione Flag of New Zealand svg.png High Performance Ford Rally Team Flag of the United States svg.png Ford Fiesta RRT 23 Flag of Australia svg.png Vern Fraser NC, 2-5, 7-8, 10, 17-19
Flag of Portugal svg.png Hugo Carvalho 1, 6, 9, 11-16
24 Flag of the United States svg.png Liz Bryan All
Teams not run by HPG
Series (season) Series organiser Team name (owner) Car No Driver Rounds
GT-Rejects World Championship (2016) RealRacingRoots Flag of Germany svg.png Best In The World Motorsport
(Klon) 		Flag of Italy svg.png Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT 11 Flag of the United States svg.png Randall Wade 5-14
International Formula Reject Challenge (2016) Nuppiz Flag of Japan svg.png Takagi Racing Enterprises
(FMecha) 		Flag of Japan svg.png Honda-Judd 8 Flag of Austria svg.png Verna Klien 10-12
Porsche Reject Cup (Fall 2016) Hound55 Flag of Hong Kong svg.png Eastern Racing Associates
(pasta_maldonado) 		Flag of Germany svg.png Porsche 911 GT3 8 Flag of China svg.png Catalina Zhang 1-8
Rejects Touring Car Championship (2016) pasta_maldonado Flag of Canada svg.png/Flag of Japan svg.png Onyx Toyota Racing
(Onxy Wrecked) 		Flag of Japan svg.png Toyota Carina 30 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png 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
ACO Le Mans Cup (2017) pi314159 Flag of New Zealand svg.png/Flag of France svg.png Glacier Mont Blanc Racing Flag of France svg.png Onroak LMP1-Zytek 3 Flag of France svg.png Sébastien Bourdais All
Flag of the United States svg.png Vic Sunset
Flag of Sweden svg.png Ragnar Larsen
24 Flag of the United States svg.png Randall Wade
Flag of France svg.png Serge Blanco
Flag of Austria svg.png J.C. Wolf
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Harris Finance GT Flag of Germany svg.png 2017 Porsche 991 25 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kaitlyn Harris
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kelly Harris
Flag of Mexico svg.png Angelica Lopez
Lupo GTI Championship (2017) Rated Flag of New Zealand svg.png Harris Finance Racing Flag of Germany svg.png VW Lupo GTI 23 Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kristina Harris All
Reject Rally Trophy (2017) Biscione Flag of New Zealand svg.png John Deere Everest Rally Team Flag of the United States svg.png Ford Fiesta RRT 23 Flag of Australia svg.png Vern Fraser All
24 Flag of Portugal svg.png Hugo Carvalho
Rejects Touring Car Championship (2017) pasta_maldonado Flag of New Zealand svg.png BurgerFuel Mazdaspeed Racing Flag of Japan svg.png Mazda 6 3 Flag of Germany svg.png Alvin Ziegler All
55 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Julian Clark
Teams not run by HPG
Series (season) Series organiser Team name (owner) Car No Driver Rounds


Other operations

Driver management

Current drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent are:

Drivers
Flag of Portugal svg.png Hugo Carvalho Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kristina Harris
Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Julian Clark Flag of Austria svg.png Verna Klien
Flag of the United States svg.png Randall Wade Flag of Sweden svg.png Ragnar Larsen
Flag of Australia svg.png Vern Fraser Flag of Mexico svg.png Angelica Lopez
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kaitlyn Harris Flag of China svg.png Catalina Zhang
Flag of New Zealand svg.png Kelly Harris Flag of Germany svg.png Alvin Ziegler

Engines

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

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