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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:Peak Motorsport logo.png|200px|thumb|right|PMG logo]]  
 
[[File:Peak Motorsport logo.png|200px|thumb|right|PMG logo]]  
  
The '''Peak Motorsport Group''' (or '''PMG''') is an international motorsport consortium based primarily in Auckland, New Zealand.
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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 Peak Motorsport Group was formed in early 2006 by Canadian native Edward Summers, a prominent businessman. It entered the [[2007 Alternate GP2 season]] as "Peak Motorsport Canada", with its workshop in Vancouver.
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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.
  
The High Performance Group was 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, Harris Finance).
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As part of the merger, Ziegler Holdings and the Clark Corporation purchased the shareholdings held by Douglas and Spearman.
 
 
PMG and HPG merged at the beginning of [[2017 Canon Motorsport Calendar|2017]], with Ziegler Holdings ([[Alvin Ziegler]]) and the Clark Corporation (The Clark family) also buying out the shareholdings held by Douglas and Spearman.
 
  
 
===Ownership===
 
===Ownership===
Peak Motorsport Group
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The current ownership structure is as follows:
* 2006-2017: [[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] Edward Summers, 100% (PMG)
 
* 2006-2017: [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] Craig Harris, 33.3%/[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] Raymond Douglas, 33.3%/[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] Dominic Spearman, 33.3% (HPG)
 
* 2017-: [[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] Edward Summers, 25%/[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] Craig Harris, 25%/[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Alvin Ziegler, 25%/[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] Roger Clark, 25%
 
 
 
==Operations==
 
The headquarters of PMG is in Auckland, New Zealand along with their main workshop. Other workshops are located in Berlin ([[Ziegler Auto Racing]]), Vancouver ([[Peak Motorsport|Peak Motorsport Canada]]) and Grenoble ([[Mont Blanc Racing]]).
 
  
The group currently run three racing teams - [[Peak Motorsport]], the open wheel team, the [[Mont Blanc Racing]] endurance racing squad and the [[Ziegler Auto Racing]] touring car operation. They also ran the [[Everest Rally Team]] during 2016, but as the [[Rejects Rallycross Championship]] and the [[Reject Rally Trophy]]  both collapsed, that division was shut down.
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
 
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! colspan=4| Organisation<br><small>owner(s)<small>
===Driver management===
 
The following is the roster of drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent, the driver management arm of PMG:
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
 
!colspan="2"| Drivers
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
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| align=center| Peak Motorsport Canada (2006-2017)<br><small>Summers Incorporated (100%)<small>
|[[File:Flag of Russia svg.png]] [[Viktor Pasitchnjuk]]
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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>
 
|-
 
|-
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Ross Clark]]
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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>
|[[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] [[Antonio Pedretti]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
 
|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Dylan Shaw]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kelly Harris]]
 
|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Madison Shaw]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
 
|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Aurora Summers]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
 
|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Dakota Summers]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of Denmark svg.png]] [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
 
|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Skye Summers]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of Sweden svg.png]] [[Ragnar Larsen]]
 
|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of Mexico svg.png]] [[Angelica Lopez]]
 
|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Steven Mackintosh]]
 
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
===Structure===
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==Operations==
The structure of the Group 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]]).
  
[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] Peak Motorsport Group
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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.
* [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Peak Motorsport]]
 
** [[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Peak Motorsport|Peak Motorsport Canada]] ([[2017 AutoReject 2.0 North America season|AR2.0 NA]])
 
* [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Ziegler Auto Racing]] ([[AutoReject Super Touring|ARST]])
 
** [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Ziegler Auto Racing|Harris Finance ZAR]] ([[AutoReject GTi|ARGTi]])
 
* [[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Mont Blanc Racing]] ([[Le Mans Cup]], LMP1 class)
 
** [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Mont Blanc Racing|Harris Finance MBR]] ([[Le Mans Cup]], GT class)
 
  
==Team and driver schedule==
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===Driver management===
PMG's provisional team and driver schedule for the [[2017 Reject World Race Series season]] is as follows:
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The following is the roster of drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent, the driver management arm of PMG:
 
 
''PLEASE NOTE: This is completely provisional and is subject to change.''
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
 
!colspan="8" align="center" | Teams run by HPG
 
|-
 
! Series (season)
 
! Series organiser
 
! Team name
 
! Car
 
! No
 
! Driver
 
! Sponsors
 
! Rounds
 
|-
 
|rowspan=2| [[AutoReject 2.0]] North America ([[2017 AutoReject 2.0 North America season|2017]])
 
|rowspan=2| Ataxia
 
|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Peak Motorsport|Peak Motorsport Canada]]
 
|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] Dallara
 
| 22
 
| [[File:Flag of Mexico svg.png]] [[Angelica Lopez]]
 
| rowspan=2|BurgerFuel<br>7-Eleven<br>Telmex<br>Suncor Energy
 
| rowspan=2|All
 
|-
 
| 23
 
| [[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Dakota Summers]]
 
|-
 
|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
 
|23
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
 
|rowspan=2|Harris Finance<br>DHL<br>L'Oreal<br>Bosch
 
|rowspan=2|All
 
|-
 
|24
 
|[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Romain Hadamard]]
 
|-
 
|rowspan=3| [[Rejects Touring Car Championship|AutoRejects Super Touring]] ([[2017 AutoRejects Super Touring season|2017]])
 
|rowspan=3| Salamander
 
|rowspan=3| [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Ziegler Auto Racing|DHL Ziegler Auto Racing]]
 
|rowspan=3| [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] BMW M3
 
| rowspan=2| 03
 
| [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
 
| rowspan=3|DHL<br>Sun Drop Citrus Soda<br>United Fiber & Data
 
| 1-2
 
|-
 
| [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Ross Clark]]
 
| 3
 
|-
 
| 23
 
| [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
 
| All
 
|-
 
|rowspan=9| [[Le Mans Cup]] ([[2017 Le Mans Cup|2017]])
 
|rowspan=9| pi314159
 
|rowspan=6| [[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[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|Texaco<br>L'Oreal<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]]/[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Mont Blanc Racing|Harris Finance MBR]]
 
|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>Panasonic<br>L'Oreal
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Ryan Carlton]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kelly Harris]]
 
|-
 
|rowspan=2| Toyota Reject Racing Series ([[2017 Toyota Reject Racing Series season|2017]])
 
|rowspan=2| Biscione
 
|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Peak Motorsport|Speed Collective Racing]]
 
|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ
 
|22
 
|[[File:Flag of Russia svg.png]] [[Viktor Pasitchnjuk]]
 
|rowspan=2|
 
|rowspan=2|All
 
|-
 
|33
 
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[John Bean]]
 
|-
 
!colspan="8" align="center" | Teams not run by HPG
 
|-
 
! Series (season)
 
! Series organiser
 
! Team name (owner)
 
! Car
 
! No
 
! Driver
 
! Sponsors
 
! Rounds
 
|-
 
|rowspan=2| [[AutoReject 2.0]] Europe ([[2017 AutoReject 2.0 Europe season|2017]])
 
|rowspan=2| Ataxia
 
| [[File:Flag of the Netherlands svg.png]] [[Team Echoften]] (tristan1117)
 
|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] Dallara
 
| 9
 
| [[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Skye Summers]]
 
|
 
| 1-
 
|-
 
| [[File:Flag of Belgium svg.png]] [[RonDen Racing Engineering|Octan Young Drivers]] (This)
 
| 19
 
| [[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] [[Antonio Pedretti]]
 
|
 
| 1-
 
|-
 
| [[AutoReject 3.5]] ([[2017 AutoReject 3.5 season|2017]])
 
| Nuppiz
 
| [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Clockwork Racing]] (Cynon)
 
| [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] Clockwork-Ford
 
| 35
 
| [[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
 
|
 
| 1-
 
|-
 
| rowspan=2|[[Rejects Touring Car Championship|AutoRejects Super Touring]] ([[2017 AutoRejects Super Touring season|2017]])
 
| rowspan=2| Salamander
 
| [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[CR Motorsport|People Power presents Dodge CR Motorsport]] (Klon)
 
| [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] Dodge Charger
 
| 26
 
| [[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
 
|
 
| 1-
 
|-
 
| [[File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates svg.png]] Vermilion Automotive Collective (tristan1117)
 
| [[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Subaru Impreza
 
| 74
 
| [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
 
|
 
| 1-
 
|-
 
| rowspan=3| [[GT-Rejects World Championship]] ([[2017 GT-R World Championship season|2017]])
 
| rowspan=3| RealRacingRoots
 
| [[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] ICE-3 Racing (Rated)
 
| [[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] Ferrari 575 GTC
 
| 18
 
| [[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] [[Chiara Rossi]]<br>[[File:Flag of Denmark svg.png]] [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
 
|
 
| 1-
 
|-
 
| rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of Europe svg.png]] Équipe Fantomette by Euromotor International<br>(FantometteBR)
 
| rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] Lister Storm GT
 
| 50
 
| [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Dawn Granger]]<br>[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
 
|
 
| 1-5, 8, 12
 
|-
 
| 51
 
| [[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]] [[Quentin Bisping]]<br>[[File:Flag of Sweden svg.png]] [[Ragnar Larsen]]
 
|
 
| 1-4, 8, 11-12
 
|}
 
  
'''NOTES:'''
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* {{VEN}} [[Jorge Agramonte]]
* Certain PMG drivers may be available for driving duties. Please inquire with PMG management.
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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: