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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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From 2017, they will be known as the ''Peak Motorsport Group''. The F1RSTC and RTCC teams will be renamed as ''Peak Motorsport'' and their RRT and RRC teams will be run under the ''Everest Rally'' banner.
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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.
  
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==Formation and ownership==
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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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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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==Operations==
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===Ownership===
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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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The current ownership structure is as follows:
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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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====Team and driver schedule====
 
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=====2016=====
 
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HPG's team and driver schedule for the current [[2016 Reject World Race Series season]] is as follows:
 
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
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!colspan="7" align="center" | Teams run by HPG
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! colspan=4| Organisation<br><small>owner(s)<small>
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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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|-
 
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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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|-
 
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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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|-
 
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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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|-
 
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|55
 
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|TBA
 
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|-
 
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!colspan="7" align="center" | Teams not run by HPG
 
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|-
 
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! Series (season)
 
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! Series organiser
 
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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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|-
 
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|[[GT-Rejects World Championship]] ([[2016 GT-R World Championship season|2016]])
 
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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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| align=center| Peak Motorsport Canada (2006-2017)<br><small>Summers Incorporated (100%)<small>
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|Hound55
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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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|[[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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| 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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|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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=====2017=====
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==Operations==
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HPG'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]]).  
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From 2016, HPR will be known as ''Peak Motorsport'', with the rallying/rallycross operation known as ''Everest Rally''.
 
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PLEASE NOTE: This is completely provisional and is subject to change.
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
 
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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=2| [[F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup]] ([[2016-2017 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|2016-17]])
 
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|rowspan=2| WaffleCat
 
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|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda Peak Motorsport]]
 
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|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Mazda 323
 
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|23
 
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|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
 
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|All
 
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|-
 
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|33
 
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|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
 
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|All
 
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|-
 
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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|Everest 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|All
 
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|23
 
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
 
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|-
 
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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|Everest 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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|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 Peak Motorsport]]
 
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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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|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
 
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!colspan="7" align="center" | Teams not run by HPG
 
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! Series (season)
 
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! Series organiser
 
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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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|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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|TBA
 
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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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|TBA
 
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===Other operations===
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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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Current drivers managed by High Performance Driver Talent Management are:
 
  
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
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===Driver management===
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! Driver
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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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! Current Team
 
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! Series
 
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
 
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|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] [[Onyx Toyota Racing]]
 
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|[[2016 Rejects Touring Car Championship season|RTCC]]
 
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda Team HPR]]
 
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|[[2016-2017 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|F1RSTC]]
 
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
 
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Harris Finance Team HPR]]
 
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|[[2016 Lupo GTI Championship season|Lupo GTI]]
 
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|HPR Ford Rallycross Team]]
 
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|[[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|RRC]]
 
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|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
 
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|TBA
 
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|TBA
 
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|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
 
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|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Best In The World|Best In The World Motorsport]]
 
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|[[2016 GT-R World Championship season|GT-R]]
 
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
 
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|[[File:Flag of Hong Kong svg.png]] [[Eastern Racing Associates]]
 
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|[[2016 Fall Porsche Reject Cup|PRC]]
 
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda Team HPR]]
 
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|[[2016-2017 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|F1RSTC]]
 
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|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
 
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|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|HPR Ford Rallycross Team]]
 
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|[[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|RRC]]
 
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|[[File:flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda Team HPR]]
 
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|[[2016-2017 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|F1RSTC]]
 
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====Engines====
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* {{VEN}} [[Jorge Agramonte]]
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HPR supply their own engines through a subsidiary, High Performance Engines Limited.
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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]]
  
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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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