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''This article is about the group itself. For the racing arm, see [[High Performance Racing]]''
''This article is about the group. For the team, see [[Peak Motorsport]]''.


[[File:HP group.png|200px|right|thumb|HPG logo]]
[[File:Peak Motorsport logo.png|200px|thumb|right|PMG logo]]  


'''High Performance Group''' (abbreviated to '''HPG''') is a New Zealand motorsport consortium founded by Dominic Spearman and Ray Douglas.
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]].


It is financed by Spearman, Douglas, and Craig Harris through their companies - Spearman Industries, the Douglas Media Group, and Harris Finance.
==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.


HPG is based in Auckland, New Zealand.
As part of the merger, Ziegler Holdings and the Clark Corporation purchased the shareholdings held by Douglas and Spearman.


They currently have a driver management arm, known as High Performance Driver Talent Management, and a racing arm known as [[High Performance Racing]].
===Ownership===
The current ownership structure is as follows:


==Team and driver schedule==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan=4| Organisation<br><small>owner(s)<small>
!colspan="7" align="center" | Teams run by HPG
|-
|-
! Series (season)
| align=center| Peak Motorsport Canada (2006-2017)<br><small>Summers Incorporated (100%)<small>
! Series organiser
| 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]])
| 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]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda Team HPR]]
|rowspan=4| [[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Mazda 323
|rowspan=3|23
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
|1-2, 5-8
|-
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
|3-4, 9
|-
|[[File:Flag of China svg.png]] [[Catalina Zhang]]
|10-12
|-
|33
|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
|All
|-
|[[Lupo GTI Championship]] ([[2016 Lupo GTI Championship season|2016]])
|Rated
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]  [[High Performance Racing|Harris Finance Team HPR]]
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] Volkswagen Lupo GTI
|23
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
|5-7
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Rejects Rallycross Championship]] ([[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|2016]])
|rowspan=2| Dark77
|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]]  [[High Performance Racing|HPR Holden Rallycross Team]]
|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of Australia svg.png]] Holden Astra
|3
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
|rowspan=2|3-9
|-
|23
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Reject Rally Trophy]] ([[2016 Reject Rally Trophy season|2016]])
|rowspan=2| Stramala
|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|HPR Ford Rally Team]]
|rowspan=2| [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] Ford Fiesta RRT
|3
|TBA
|rowspan=2|TBA
|-
|23
|TBA
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Rejects Touring Car Championship]] ([[2017 Rejects Touring Car Championship season|2017]])
|rowspan=2|pasta_maldonado
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda High Performance Racing]]
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] Mazda 6
|3
|TBA
|rowspan=2|All
|-
|55
|TBA
|-
!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
|-
|[[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-
|-
|[[International Formula Reject Challenge]] ([[2016 International Formula Reject Challenge season|2016]])
|Nuppiz
|[[File:Flag of Australia svg.png]] [[Melrose Racing Team]]<br>(Wizzie)
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] BMW-Cosworth
|20
|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
|6-
|-
|[[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]]
|5-17
|}
|}


==Driver management==
==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]]).
Current drivers signed to HPDTM:


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
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
! Current Team
! Series
|-
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Julian Clark]]
|[[File:Flag of Canada svg.png]]/[[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] [[Onyx Toyota Racing]]
|[[2016 Rejects Touring Car Championship season|RTCC]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda Team HPR]]
|[[2016-2017 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|F1RSTC]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[Kristina Harris]]
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Harris Finance Team HPR]]
|[[2016 Lupo GTI Championship season|Lupo GTI]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|HPR Holden Rallycross Team]]
|[[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|RRC]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of Austria svg.png]] [[Verna Klien]]
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda Team HPR]]
|[[2016-2017 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|F1RSTC]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of Australia svg.png]] [[Melrose Racing Team]]
|[[2016 International Formula Reject Challenge season|IFRC]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Randall Wade]]
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[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]]
|[[File:Flag of Hong Kong svg.png]] [[Eastern Racing Associates]]
|[[2016 Fall Porsche Reject Cup|PRC]]
|-
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda Team HPR]]
|[[2016-2017 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|F1RSTC]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Alvin Ziegler]]
|[[File:Flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|HPR Holden Rallycross Team]]
|[[2016 Rejects Rallycross Championship season|RRC]]
|-
|[[File:flag of New Zealand svg.png]] [[High Performance Racing|Mazda Team HPR]]
|[[2016-2017 F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup|F1RSTC]]
|}


==Racing operations==
===Driver management===
''See [[High Performance Racing]]''
The following is the roster of drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent, the driver management arm of PMG:


The High Performance Group fully owns and manages High Performance Racing, who runs the official Mazda factory teams of the F1RSTC and RTCC as well as competing with Holden Astras in the RRC and a VW Lupo in the one-make Lupo GTI Series.
* {{VEN}} [[Jorge Agramonte]]
* {{FRA}} [[Bernard Beauchene]]
* {{USA}} [[Joey Bennett]]
* {{NZL}} [[Simon Bourne]]
* {{TUR}} [[Ahmet Burakgazi]]
* {{GBR}} [[Ryan Carlton]]
* {{POR}} [[Hugo Carvalho]]
* {{KOR}} [[Seong-Jin Cho]]
* {{SUI}} [[Théo Christen]]
* {{GBR}} [[Julian Clark]]
* {{GBR}} [[Ross Clark]]
* {{CIV}} [[Akua Cugoano]]
* {{GBR}} [[Gerallt Davies]]
* {{ITA}} [[Michelangela Dioli]]
* {{AUS}} [[Benjamin Foster-Thompson]]
* {{NZL}} [[Kaitlyn Harris]]
* {{NZL}} [[Kelly Harris]]
* {{NZL}} [[Kristina Harris]]
* {{SRB}} [[Iva Janković]]
* {{TRO}} [[Renaldo Jiménez]]
* {{BEL}} [[Eugenie Joosens]]
* {{AUT}} [[Verna Klien]]
* {{DEN}} [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
* {{SWE}} [[Ragnar Larsen]]
* {{MEX}} [[Angelica Lopez]]
* {{VIE}} [[Thi Nhat]]
* {{RUS}} [[Viktor Pasitchnjuk]]
* {{POL}} [[Danuta Popławski]]
* {{GBR}} [[Steven Mackintosh]]
* {{SEN}} [[Mohammed Siki]]
* {{CAN}} [[Arienne Sorel]]
* {{USA}} [[Tony Scrugham III]]
* {{CAN}} [[Dakota Summers]]
* {{CAN}} [[Skye Summers]]
* {{GBR}} [[Jemma Triggs]]
* {{USA}} [[Randall Wade]]
* {{CHN}} [[Catalina Zhang]]
* {{GER}} [[Alvin Ziegler]]
* {{JPN}} [[Daisuke Yanagawa]]
* {{FRA}} [[Lukas Zuber]]


[[Category:High Performance Group]]
[[Category:Peak Motorsport Group]]

Latest revision as of 21:56, 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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