Peak Motorsport Group

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, Everest Rally Team, and Glacier 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 team (under the Harris Finance Racing moniker).

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.

Everest Rally Team is the rally operation of PMG. It competes in the 2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship.

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: The Speed Collective
• Touring car team: Ziegler Automobile Rennsport
  • Junior team: Harris Finance Racing
• Endurance racing team: Glacier Mont Blanc Racing
  • Junior team: Harris Finance GT
• Rallying team: Everest Rally Team
• 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
F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup (2016-17)	WaffleCat	High Performance Racing	Mazda 323	23	Julian Clark	1-5
					Catalina Zhang	6-12
				33	Alvin Ziegler	1-2, 4-12
					Verna Klien	3
Lupo GTI Championship (2016)	Rated	Harris Finance Racing	Volkswagen Lupo GTI	23	Kristina Harris	5-7, NC 1, NC 2
				24	Kaitlyn Harris	NC 1, NC 2
		John Deere Racing		32	Angelica Lopez	NC 1
				33	Hugo Carvalho	NC 1
Rejects Rallycross Championship (2016)	Dark77	HPR Ford Rallycross Team	Ford Escort	3	Alvin Ziegler	3-9
				23	Kristina Harris	3-6
					Kelly Harris	7-9
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	Sponsors	Rounds
Le Mans Cup (2017)	pi314159	/ Glacier Mont Blanc Racing	Onroak LMP1-Zytek	3	Sébastien Bourdais	L'Oréal Texaco Red Bull IKEA	All
					Vic Sunset
					Ragnar Larsen
				24	Randall Wade
					Serge Blanco
					J.C. Wolf
		Harris Finance GT	Porsche 991 GT	25	"Dragon"	Harris Finance Air New Zealand L'Oréal Telmex
					Ryan Carlton
					Kelly Harris
Lupo GTI Championship (2017)	Rated	Harris Finance Racing	VW Lupo GTI	23	Kristina Harris	Harris Finance Air New Zealand L'Oréal Telmex	All
				24	TBA		TBA
Teams not run by HPG
Series (season)	Series organiser	Team name (owner)	Car	No	Driver	Sponsors	Rounds
AutoReject 2.0 (2017)	Ataxia	Octan Young Drivers (This)	Dallara	23	Angelica Lopez	Octan	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	Kristina Harris
Julian Clark	Verna Klien
Randall Wade	Ragnar Larsen
Vern Fraser	Angelica Lopez
Kaitlyn Harris	Catalina Zhang
Kelly Harris	Alvin Ziegler

Engines

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