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''This article is about the group itself. For the racing arm, see [[High Performance Racing]]''
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''This article is about the group. For the team, see [[Peak Motorsport]]''.
  
[[File:HP group.png|200px|right|thumb|HPG logo]]
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[[File:Peak Motorsport logo.png|200px|thumb|right|PMG logo]]  
  
'''High Performance Group''' (abbreviated to '''HPG''') is a New Zealand motorsport consortium.
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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]].
  
HPG is based in Auckland, New Zealand.
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==History==
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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.
  
They currently have a driver management arm, known as High Performance Driver Talent Management, and a racing arm known as [[High Performance Racing]].
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As part of the merger, Ziegler Holdings and the Clark Corporation purchased the shareholdings held by Douglas and Spearman.
  
==Driver management==
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===Ownership===
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The current ownership structure is as follows:
  
Current drivers signed to HPDTM:
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
 
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! colspan=4| Organisation<br><small>owner(s)<small>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
 
! Driver
 
! Current Team
 
! Series
 
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|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
 
|[[High Performance Racing]]
 
|[[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|RRC]] (On Waiting List)
 
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
 
|[[RonDen Racing Engineering|Octan Young Drivers]] (TBC)
 
|[[2016 F3RWRS season|F3RWRS]] (TBC)
 
 
|-
 
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|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
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| align=center| Peak Motorsport Canada (2006-2017)<br><small>Summers Incorporated (100%)<small>
|[[High Performance Racing]]
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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>
|[[2016-17 F1RSTC season|F1RSTC]] (TBC)
 
 
|-
 
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|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
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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>
|[[Best In The World|Best In The World Motorsport]]
 
|[[2016 GT-R World Championship season|GT-R]]
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
 
|[[High Performance Racing]]
 
|[[2016-17 F1RSTC season|F1RSTC]] (TBC)
 
|-
 
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
 
|[[High Performance Racing]]
 
|[[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|RRC]] (On Waiting List)
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
==Racing operations==
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==Operations==
''See [[High Performance Racing]]''
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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]]).
 
 
HPG currently owns and manages High Performance Racing which runs teams in the [[Rejects Rallycross Championship]] and the [[F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup]].
 
 
 
===Team/Driver schedule===
 
Julian Clark and Alvin Ziegler will run in the RRC with HPR if a team pulls out. Randall Wade will run in GT-R from Round 5 onwards with Best In The World. Katrina Harris will run in F3RWRS from Races 8/9 onwards with Octan Young Drivers. Catalina Zhang and Verna Klien will run the full F1RSTC season with HPR.
 
 
 
'''RRC'''<br>
 
Entered:<br>
 
<nowiki>#</nowiki>3 Julian Clark<br>
 
<nowiki>#</nowiki>23 Alvin Ziegler
 
 
 
 
 
'''F1RSTC'''<br>
 
Entered:<br>
 
<nowiki>#</nowiki>3 Verna Klien<br>
 
<nowiki>#</nowiki>23 Catalina Zhang
 
 
 
 
 
'''GT-R''' (Best In The World Motorsport)'''<br>
 
Entered:<br>
 
<nowiki>#</nowiki>11 Randall Wade
 
 
 
 
 
'''F3RWRS''' (Octan Young Drivers)<br>
 
Entered:<br>
 
<nowiki>#</nowiki>4 Katrina Harris
 
  
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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.
  
'''RTCC''' (Onyx Toyota Racing)<br>
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===Driver management===
Entered:<br>
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The following is the roster of drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent, the driver management arm of PMG:
<nowiki>#</nowiki>#30 Julian Clark
 
  
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* {{VEN}} [[Jorge Agramonte]]
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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: High Performance Group]]
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[[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: