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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]]''.
  
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[[File:HP group.png|200px|right|thumb|HPG logo]]
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[[File:Peak Motorsport logo.png|200px|thumb|right|PMG logo]]  
  
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The '''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]].
  
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==Formation and ownership==
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==History==
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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.
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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.
  
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==Operations==
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As part of the merger, Ziegler Holdings and the Clark Corporation purchased the shareholdings held by Douglas and Spearman.
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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.
 
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===Racing operations===
 
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''See [[High Performance Racing]]''
 
  
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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.
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===Ownership===
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The current ownership structure is as follows:
  
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====Team and driver schedule====
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
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! colspan=4| Organisation<br><small>owner(s)<small>
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!colspan="7" align="center" | Teams run by HPG
 
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! Series (season)
 
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! Series organiser
 
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! Team name
 
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! Car
 
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! No
 
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! Driver
 
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! Rounds
 
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|rowspan=4| [[F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup]] ([[2016-2017 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|2016-17]])
 
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|rowspan=4| WaffleCat
 
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|rowspan=4| [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda Team HPR]]
 
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|rowspan=4| [[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Mazda 323
 
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|rowspan=3|23
 
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|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
 
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|1-2, 5-8
 
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|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
 
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|3-4, 9
 
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|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
 
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|10-12
 
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|-
 
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|33
 
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|TBA
 
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|All
 
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|[[Lupo GTI Championship]] ([[2016 Lupo GTI Championship season|2016]])
 
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|Rated
 
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]  [[High Performance Racing|Harris Finance Team HPR]]
 
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|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Volkswagen Lupo GTI
 
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|23
 
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
 
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|5-7
 
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|rowspan=2| [[Rejects Rallycross Championship]] ([[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|2016]])
 
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|rowspan=2| Dark77
 
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|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]  [[High Performance Racing|HPR Ford Rallycross Team]]
 
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|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] Ford Escort
 
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|3
 
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|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
 
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|rowspan=2|3-9
 
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|-
 
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|23
 
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
 
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|rowspan=2| [[Reject Rally Trophy]] ([[2016 Reject Rally Trophy season|2016]])
 
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|rowspan=2| Stramala
 
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|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|High Performance Ford Rally Team]]
 
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|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] Ford Fiesta RRT
 
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|23
 
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|TBA
 
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|rowspan=2|All
 
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|24
 
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|TBA
 
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|-
 
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|rowspan=2|[[Rejects Touring Car Championship]] ([[2017 Rejects Touring Car Championship season|2017]])
 
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|rowspan=2|pasta_maldonado
 
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda High Performance Racing]]
 
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Mazda 6
 
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|3
 
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|TBA
 
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|rowspan=2|All
 
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|55
 
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|TBA
 
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!colspan="7" align="center" | Teams not run by HPG
 
 
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! Series (season)
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| align=center| Peak Motorsport Canada (2006-2017)<br><small>Summers Incorporated (100%)<small>
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! 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>
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! Team name (owner)
 
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! Car
 
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! No
 
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! Driver
 
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! Rounds
 
 
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|[[GT-Rejects World Championship]] ([[2016 GT-R World Championship season|2016]])
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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>
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|RealRacingRoots
 
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|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Best In The World|Best In The World Motorsport]]<br>(Klon)
 
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|[[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT
 
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|11
 
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|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
 
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|5-14
 
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|[[Porsche Reject Cup]] ([[2016 Fall Porsche Reject Cup|Fall 2016]])
 
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|Hound55
 
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|[[File:Flag of Hong Kong svg.png]] [[Eastern Racing Associates]]<br>(pasta_maldonado)
 
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|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]]  Porsche 911 GT3
 
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|8
 
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|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
 
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|1-7
 
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|[[Rejects Touring Car Championship]] ([[2016 Rejects Touring Car Championship season|2016]])
 
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|pasta_maldonado
 
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|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] [[Onyx Toyota Racing]]<br>(Onxy Wrecked)
 
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|[[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Toyota Carina
 
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|30
 
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|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
 
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|4-13
 
 
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===Other operations===
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==Operations==
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====Driver management====
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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]]).
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Current drivers managed by High Performance Driver Talent Management are:
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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.
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===Driver management===
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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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* {{VEN}} [[Jorge Agramonte]]
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! Driver
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* {{FRA}} [[Bernard Beauchene]]
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! Current Team
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* {{USA}} [[Joey Bennett]]
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! Series
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* {{NZL}} [[Simon Bourne]]
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* {{TUR}} [[Ahmet Burakgazi]]
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Ryan Carlton]]
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|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] [[Onyx Toyota Racing]]
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* {{POR}} [[Hugo Carvalho]]  
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|[[2016 Rejects Touring Car Championship season|RTCC]]
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* {{KOR}} [[Seong-Jin Cho]]
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* {{SUI}} [[Théo Christen]]
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda Team HPR]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Julian Clark]]
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|[[2016-2017 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|F1RSTC]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Ross Clark]]
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* {{CIV}} [[Akua Cugoano]]
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Gerallt Davies]]
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Harris Finance Team HPR]]
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* {{ITA}} [[Michelangela Dioli]]
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|[[2016 Lupo GTI Championship season|Lupo GTI]]
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* {{AUS}} [[Benjamin Foster-Thompson]]
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* {{NZL}} [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|HPR Ford Rallycross Team]]
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* {{NZL}} [[Kelly Harris]]
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|[[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|RRC]]
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* {{NZL}} [[Kristina Harris]]
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* {{SRB}} [[Iva Janković]]
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|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
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* {{TRO}} [[Renaldo Jiménez]]
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|TBA
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* {{BEL}} [[Eugenie Joosens]]
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|TBA
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* {{AUT}} [[Verna Klien]]
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* {{DEN}} [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
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|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
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* {{SWE}} [[Ragnar Larsen]]
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|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Best In The World|Best In The World Motorsport]]
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* {{MEX}} [[Angelica Lopez]]
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|[[2016 GT-R World Championship season|GT-R]]
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* {{VIE}} [[Thi Nhat]]
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* {{RUS}} [[Viktor Pasitchnjuk]]
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
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* {{POL}} [[Danuta Popławski]]  
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|[[File:Flag of Hong Kong svg.png]] [[Eastern Racing Associates]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Steven Mackintosh]]
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|[[2016 Fall Porsche Reject Cup|PRC]]
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* {{SEN}} [[Mohammed Siki]]
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* {{CAN}} [[Arienne Sorel]]  
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda Team HPR]]
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* {{USA}} [[Tony Scrugham III]]
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|[[2016-2017 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|F1RSTC]]
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* {{CAN}} [[Dakota Summers]]
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* {{CAN}} [[Skye Summers]]  
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Jemma Triggs]]
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|HPR Ford Rallycross Team]]
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* {{USA}} [[Randall Wade]]
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|[[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|RRC]]
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* {{CHN}} [[Catalina Zhang]]
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* {{GER}} [[Alvin Ziegler]]
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|[[File:flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda Team HPR]]
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* {{JPN}} [[Daisuke Yanagawa]]
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|[[2016-2017 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|F1RSTC]]
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* {{FRA}} [[Lukas Zuber]]
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[[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:

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