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''This article is about the group itself. For the team, see [[Peak Motorsport]]''.
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''This article is about the group. For the team, see [[Peak Motorsport]]''.
  
[[File:PMG logo.png|200px|thumb|right|PMG logo]]  
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[[File:Peak Motorsport logo.png|200px|thumb|right|PMG logo]]  
  
The '''Peak Motorsport Group''' (abbreviated to '''PMG''') is a New Zealand motorsport consortium founded in 2016.
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The '''Peak Motorsport Group''' (or '''PMG''') is an international motorsport consortium headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand; though it also has divisions in other countries, most notably Canada. They are the owners of [[Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series|ARWS]] team [[Peak Aeroracing Engineering]].
  
 
==History==
 
==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]].
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The Peak Motorsport Group was formed in 2017 when Edward Summers' Peak Motorsport Canada merged with the New Zealand-based High Performance Group. HPG had been formed at the beginning of 2016 by Raymond Douglas (head of the Douglas Media Group), Dominic Spearman (CEO of Spearman Industries) and Craig Harris (founder & CEO of Harris Finance). They ran a number of teams in various series during 2016, most notably High Performance Racing in F1RSTC and RRC and Harris Finance Racing in Lupo GTI.
  
In the off-season between 2016 and 2017, Spearman and Douglas sold their shares to British supermarket magnate Roger Clark (father of [[Julian Clark|Julian]]) and Mexican telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim. The group was renamed as the Peak Motorsport Group.
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As part of the merger, Ziegler Holdings and the Clark Corporation purchased the shareholdings held by Douglas and Spearman.
  
==Operations==
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===Ownership===
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.
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The current ownership structure is as follows:
 
 
===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 Championship|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 season|2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship]].
 
 
 
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]].
 
 
 
===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:
 
  
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
!colspan="7" align="center" | Teams run by HPG
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! colspan=4| Organisation<br><small>owner(s)<small>
 
|-
 
|-
! Series (season)
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| align=center| Peak Motorsport Canada (2006-2017)<br><small>Summers Incorporated (100%)<small>
! Series organiser
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| align=center| High Performance Group (2016-2017)<br><small>Harris Family Trust/Harris Finance (50%)<br> Douglas Media Group (25%)<br>Spearman Industries (25%)<small>
! Team name
 
! Car
 
! No
 
! Driver
 
! Rounds
 
 
|-
 
|-
|rowspan=4| [[F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup]] ([[2016-2017 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|2016-17]])
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| colspan=4 align=center| Peak Motorsport Group (2017-)<br><small>Summers Incorporated (50%)<br>Harris Family Trust (25%)<br>Ziegler Holdings AG (12.5%)<br>Clark Corporation Ltd. (12.5%)<small>
|rowspan=4| WaffleCat
 
|rowspan=4| [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Peak Motorsport|High Performance Racing]]
 
|rowspan=4| [[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Mazda 323
 
|rowspan=2|23
 
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
 
|1-5
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
 
|6-12
 
|-
 
|rowspan=2|33
 
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
 
|1-2, 4-12
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
 
|3
 
|-
 
|rowspan=4|[[Lupo GTI Championship]] ([[2016 Lupo GTI Championship season|2016]])
 
|rowspan=4|Rated
 
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Peak Motorsport|Harris Finance Racing]]
 
|rowspan=4|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Volkswagen Lupo GTI
 
|23
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
 
|5-7, NC 1, NC 2
 
|-
 
|24
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
 
|NC 1, NC 2
 
|-
 
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]  [[Peak Motorsport|John Deere Racing]]
 
|32
 
|[[File:Flag of Mexico svg.png]] [[Angelica Lopez]]
 
|NC 1
 
|-
 
|33
 
|[[File:Flag of Portugal svg.png]] [[Hugo Carvalho]]
 
|NC 1
 
|-
 
|rowspan=3| [[Rejects Rallycross Championship]] ([[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|2016]])
 
|rowspan=3| Dark77
 
|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]]
 
|3-9
 
|-
 
|rowspan=2|23
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
 
|3-6
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kelly Harris]]
 
|7-9
 
|-
 
!colspan="7" align="center" | Teams not run by HPG
 
|-
 
! Series (season)
 
! Series organiser
 
! Team name (owner)
 
! Car
 
! No
 
! Driver
 
! Rounds
 
|-
 
|[[GT-Rejects World Championship]] ([[2016 GT-R World Championship season|2016]])
 
|RealRacingRoots
 
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Best In The World|Best In The World Motorsport]]<br>(Klon)
 
|[[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT
 
|11
 
|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
 
|5-14
 
|-
 
|[[International Formula Reject Challenge]] ([[2016 International Formula Reject Challenge season|2016]])
 
|Nuppiz
 
|[[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] [[Takagi Racing Enterprises]]<br>(FMecha)
 
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]]  Lola FN06-Honda-Judd
 
|8
 
|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
 
|10-12
 
|-
 
|[[Porsche Reject Cup]] ([[2016 Fall Porsche Reject Cup|Fall 2016]])
 
|Hound55
 
|[[File:Flag of Hong Kong svg.png]] [[Eastern Racing Associates]]<br>(pasta_maldonado)
 
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]]  Porsche 911 GT3
 
|8
 
|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
 
|1-8
 
|-
 
|[[Rejects Touring Car Championship]] ([[2016 Rejects Touring Car Championship season|2016]])
 
|pasta_maldonado
 
|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] [[Onyx Toyota Racing]]<br>(Onxy Wrecked)
 
|[[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Toyota Carina
 
|30
 
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
 
|4-13
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
===2017===
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==Operations==
PMG's provisional team and driver schedule for the [[2017 Reject World Race Series season]] is as follows:
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The headquarters of PMG is in Auckland, New Zealand along with their main workshop. Other workshops are located in Coventry ([[Peak Aeroracing Engineering]]), Vancouver ([[Peak Motorsport Canada]]), Berlin ([[Ziegler Auto Racing]]) and Grenoble ([[Mont Blanc Racing]]).
  
''PLEASE NOTE: This is completely provisional and is subject to change.''
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The group currently run three racing teams - [[Peak Aeroracing Engineering]] in open-wheel series, [[Peak Motorsport Canada]] in lower-level formulae, the [[Mont Blanc Racing]] endurance racing squad, and the [[Ziegler Auto Racing]] touring car operation. They also formerly ran the now defunct [[Everest Rally Team]] out of the Auckland workshop.
  
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
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===Driver management===
!colspan="8" align="center" | Teams run by HPG
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The following is the roster of drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent, the driver management arm of PMG:
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! Series (season)
 
! Series organiser
 
! Team name
 
! Car
 
! No
 
! Driver
 
! Sponsors
 
! Rounds
 
|-
 
|rowspan=9| [[Le Mans Cup]] ([[2017 Le Mans Cup|2017]])
 
|rowspan=9| pi314159
 
|rowspan=6| [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Glacier Mont Blanc Racing]]
 
|rowspan=6| [[File:Flag of France svg.png]] Onroak LMP1-Zytek
 
|rowspan=3|3
 
|[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sébastien_Bourdais Sébastien Bourdais]
 
|rowspan=6|L'Oréal<br>Texaco<br>Red Bull<br>IKEA
 
|rowspan=9|All
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Vic Sunset]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of Sweden svg.png]] [[Ragnar Larsen]]
 
|-
 
|rowspan=3|24
 
|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Serge Blanco]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[J.C. Wolf]]
 
|-
 
|rowspan=3|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Glacier Mont Blanc Racing|Harris Finance GT]]
 
|rowspan=3|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Porsche 991 GT
 
|rowspan=3|25
 
|[[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] [http://www.j-formula3.com/season/2013/driver/30.html "Dragon"]
 
|rowspan=3|Harris Finance<br>Air New Zealand<br>L'Oréal<br>Telmex
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Ryan Carlton]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kelly Harris]]
 
|-
 
|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 Germany svg.png]] VW Lupo GTI
 
|23
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
 
|rowspan=2|Harris Finance<br>Air New Zealand<br>L'Oréal<br>Telmex
 
|All
 
|-
 
|24
 
|TBA
 
|TBA
 
|-
 
!colspan="8" align="center" | Teams not run by HPG
 
|-
 
! Series (season)
 
! Series organiser
 
! Team name (owner)
 
! Car
 
! No
 
! Driver
 
! Sponsors
 
! Rounds
 
|-
 
| [[AutoReject 2.0]] ([[2017 AutoReject 2.0 season|2017]])
 
| Ataxia
 
| [[File:Flag of Belgium svg.png]] [[RonDen Racing Engineering|Octan Young Drivers]] (This)
 
| [[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] Dallara
 
| 23
 
| [[File:Flag of Mexico svg.png]] [[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:
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
 
!colspan="2"| Drivers
 
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|[[File:Flag of Portugal svg.png]] [[Hugo Carvalho]]
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
 
|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
 
|-
 
|[[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 China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kelly Harris]]
 
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
 
|}
 
  
====Engines====
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* {{VEN}} [[Jorge Agramonte]]
PMG supply their own engines through a subsidiary, Peak Motorsport Engines.
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* {{FRA}} [[Bernard Beauchene]]
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* {{USA}} [[Joey Bennett]]
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* {{NZL}} [[Simon Bourne]]
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* {{TUR}} [[Ahmet Burakgazi]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Ryan Carlton]]
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* {{POR}} [[Hugo Carvalho]]
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* {{KOR}} [[Seong-Jin Cho]]
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* {{SUI}} [[Théo Christen]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Julian Clark]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Ross Clark]]
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* {{CIV}} [[Akua Cugoano]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Gerallt Davies]]
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* {{ITA}} [[Michelangela Dioli]]
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* {{AUS}} [[Benjamin Foster-Thompson]]
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* {{NZL}} [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
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* {{NZL}} [[Kelly Harris]]
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* {{NZL}} [[Kristina Harris]]
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* {{SRB}} [[Iva Janković]]
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* {{TRO}} [[Renaldo Jiménez]]
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* {{BEL}} [[Eugenie Joosens]]
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* {{AUT}} [[Verna Klien]]
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* {{DEN}} [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
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* {{SWE}} [[Ragnar Larsen]]
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* {{MEX}} [[Angelica Lopez]]
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* {{VIE}} [[Thi Nhat]]
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* {{RUS}} [[Viktor Pasitchnjuk]]
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* {{POL}} [[Danuta Popławski]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Steven Mackintosh]]
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* {{SEN}} [[Mohammed Siki]]
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* {{CAN}} [[Arienne Sorel]]
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* {{USA}} [[Tony Scrugham III]]
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* {{CAN}} [[Dakota Summers]]
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* {{CAN}} [[Skye Summers]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Jemma Triggs]]
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* {{USA}} [[Randall Wade]]
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* {{CHN}} [[Catalina Zhang]]
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* {{GER}} [[Alvin Ziegler]]
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* {{JPN}} [[Daisuke Yanagawa]]
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* {{FRA}} [[Lukas Zuber]]
  
 
[[Category:Peak Motorsport Group]]
 
[[Category:Peak Motorsport Group]]

Latest revision as of 22:56, 5 November 2017

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

PMG logo

The Peak Motorsport Group (or PMG) is an international motorsport consortium headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand; though it also has divisions in other countries, most notably Canada. They are the owners of ARWS team Peak Aeroracing Engineering.

History

The Peak Motorsport Group was formed in 2017 when Edward Summers' Peak Motorsport Canada merged with the New Zealand-based High Performance Group. HPG had been formed at the beginning of 2016 by Raymond Douglas (head of the Douglas Media Group), Dominic Spearman (CEO of Spearman Industries) and Craig Harris (founder & CEO of Harris Finance). They ran a number of teams in various series during 2016, most notably High Performance Racing in F1RSTC and RRC and Harris Finance Racing in Lupo GTI.

As part of the merger, Ziegler Holdings and the Clark Corporation purchased the shareholdings held by Douglas and Spearman.

Ownership

The current ownership structure is as follows:

Organisation
owner(s)
Peak Motorsport Canada (2006-2017)
Summers Incorporated (100%)
High Performance Group (2016-2017)
Harris Family Trust/Harris Finance (50%)
Douglas Media Group (25%)
Spearman Industries (25%)
Peak Motorsport Group (2017-)
Summers Incorporated (50%)
Harris Family Trust (25%)
Ziegler Holdings AG (12.5%)
Clark Corporation Ltd. (12.5%)

Operations

The headquarters of PMG is in Auckland, New Zealand along with their main workshop. Other workshops are located in Coventry (Peak Aeroracing Engineering), Vancouver (Peak Motorsport Canada), Berlin (Ziegler Auto Racing) and Grenoble (Mont Blanc Racing).

The group currently run three racing teams - Peak Aeroracing Engineering in open-wheel series, Peak Motorsport Canada in lower-level formulae, the Mont Blanc Racing endurance racing squad, and the Ziegler Auto Racing touring car operation. They also formerly ran the now defunct Everest Rally Team out of the Auckland workshop.

Driver management

The following is the roster of drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent, the driver management arm of PMG: