Peak Motorsport Group
This article is about the group itself. For the team, see Peak Motorsport.
The Peak Motorsport Group (PMG) is an international motorsport consortium based primarily in Auckland, New Zealand, but also with branches in France (Grenoble), Canada (Vancouver), USA (Austin), and Germany (Berlin). The group was founded during the 2016 RWRS season.
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History
Peak Motorsport was formed in May 2006 by Canadian businessman Edward Summers and entered the 2007 GP2 series as "Peak Motorsport Canada", based in Vancouver.
The High Performance Group was formed in 2016 by Raymond Douglas (the head of the Douglas Media Group) and Dominic Spearman (the CEO of Spearman Industries). Harris Finance sponsored the team.
HPG bought Peak Motorsport Canada in early 2016 and consolidated it into the group. Edward Summers was given a 10% stake in the Group. HPG itself was later bought out in early 2017 by a consortium consisting of Harris Finance (The Harris family), Clark Corporation (The Clark family) and Ziegler Holdings (The Ziegler family) and renamed to Peak Motorsport Group.
Ownership
- High Performance Group (2016-2017), Peak Motorsport Group (2017-)
- Dominic Spearman 50% & Raymond Douglas 50% (2016-2017)
- Craig Harris 30%, Roger Clark 30%, Kurtis & Alvin Ziegler 30%, Edward Summers 10% (2017-)
- Peak Motorsport Canada (2007-2016), Peak Motorsport (2016-)
- Edward Summers (2007-2016)
- High Performance Group (2016)
- Peak Motorsport Group (2017-)
- Speed Collective Racing (2016-)
- High Performance Group (2016)
- Subsidiary of Peak Motorsport, itself a subsidiary of PMG (2017-)
- High Performance Racing (2016), Ziegler Auto Racing (2016-)
- High Performance Group (2016)
- Peak Motorsport Group (2017-)
- Harris Finance Racing/John Deere Racing (2016), Harris Finance ZAR (2017-)
- High Performance Group (2016)
- Subsidiary of Ziegler Auto Racing, itself a subsidiary of PMG (2017-)
- Everest Rally Team (2016)
- High Performance Group (2016)
- Mont Blanc Racing (2017-)
- Peak Motorsport Group (2017-)
Operations
The Peak Motorsport Group's headquarters is in Craig Harris' hometown of Auckland, New Zealand. They currently operate nine racing teams (4 canon, 5 non-canon), an engine division known as Peak Motorsport Engines, and a driver management arm known as Peak Driver Talent.
Racing operations
Canon operations
- Everest Rally Team (rallying; currently on hiatus)
- Mont Blanc Racing (endurance racing)
- Peak Motorsport (open wheel)
- Speed Collective Racing (junior open wheel)
- Ziegler Auto Racing (touring car)
Non-canon operations
- Arrows (RedEyes504 1990 Virtual F1)
- Dodge SRT Racing Team (2014-2015 Women's GT Junior Cup)
- Peak Motorsport Canada (2007 Alternate GP2 season)
- RT Russian Time Ferrari (2014 NewF1 Series season)
- Top Kek Racing powered by Lel (2001 GP4 season)
Driver management
Current drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent are:
Engines
PMG supply their own engines through a subsidiary, Peak Motorsport Engines.
Structure
The new structure from 2017 onwards is as follows:
Overall group: Peak Motorsport Group
- Open-wheel team: Peak Motorsport (Formula Female WCS)
- Junior team: Speed Collective Racing (TRRS)
- Touring car team: Ziegler Auto Racing (RTCC, F1RSTC)
- Endurance racing team: Mont Blanc Racing (Le Mans Cup)
- Rallying team: Everest Rally Team (on hiatus)
- Engines: Peak Motorsport Engines
- Driver management: Peak Driver Talent
Team and driver schedule
2016
Please note: PMG was known as the High Performance Group during the 2016 RWRS season
HPG's team and driver schedule for the current 2016 Reject World Race Series season is as follows:
Teams run by HPG | |||||||
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Series (season) | Series organiser | Team name | Car | No | Driver | Sponsors | Rounds |
2016 Aston 12 Hours | Nuppiz | Speed Collective Racing | FXR | 24 | Karl van der Zwaart | BurgerFuel | NC |
Ragnar Larsen | |||||||
Verna Klien | |||||||
F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup (2016-17) | WaffleCat | High Performance Racing | Mazda 323 | 23 | Julian Clark | Johnnie Walker | 1-5 |
Catalina Zhang | Bank of China | 6-12 | |||||
33 | Alvin Ziegler | DHL | 1-2, 4-12 | ||||
Verna Klien | 3 | ||||||
Lupo GTI Championship (2016) | Rated | Harris Finance Racing | Volkswagen Lupo GTi | 23 | Kristina Harris | Harris Finance Air New Zealand |
5-7, NC 1, NC 2 |
24 | Kaitlyn Harris | NC 1, NC 2 | |||||
John Deere Racing | 32 | Angelica Lopez | John Deere Fonterra |
NC 1 | |||
33 | Hugo Carvalho | NC 1 | |||||
Teams not run by HPG | |||||||
Series (season) | Series organiser | Team name (owner) | Car | No | Driver | Sponsors | Rounds |
Formula 3 Rejects World Race Series (2016) | the Masked Lapwing | Lavezzi IBR (Biscione) |
IBR Dallara-Lancia | 27 | Verna Klien | Lavezzi | 11 |
GT-Rejects World Championship (2016) | RealRacingRoots | Best In The World Motorsport (Klon) |
Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT | 11 | Randall Wade | Best In The World | 5-14 |
International Formula Reject Challenge (2016) | Nuppiz | Takagi Racing Enterprises (FMecha) |
Lola FN06-Honda-Judd | 8 | Verna Klien | None | 10-12 |
Rejects Touring Car Championship (2016) | pasta_maldonado | / Onyx Toyota Racing (Onxy Wrecked) |
Toyota Carina | 30 | Julian Clark | None | 4-13 |
2017
PMG's provisional team and driver schedule for the 2017 Reject World Race Series season is as follows:
PLEASE NOTE: This is completely provisional and is subject to change.
Teams run by HPG | |||||||
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Series (season) | Series organiser | Team name | Car | No | Driver | Sponsors | Rounds |
AutoReject 2.0 North America (2017) | Ataxia | Speed Collective Racing | Dallara | 22 | Angelica Lopez | BurgerFuel 7-Eleven Telmex Suncor Energy |
All |
23 | Dakota Summers | ||||||
AutoReject GTi (2017) | Rated | / Harris Finance ZAR | VW Lupo GTi | 23 | Kaitlyn Harris | Harris Finance DHL L'Oreal Bosch |
All |
24 | Romain Hadamard | ||||||
AutoRejects Super Touring (2017) | Salamander | DHL Ziegler Auto Racing | BMW M3 | 03 | Alvin Ziegler | DHL Sun Drop Citrus Soda United Fiber & Data |
All |
23 | Julian Clark | ||||||
Formula Female (2017) | Turbogirl | Peak Motorsport | P222-Ford | 26 | Chelsie Knight | BurgerFuel Air Canada 7-Eleven |
All |
27 | Skye Summers | ||||||
Madison Shaw (test/reserve driver) | |||||||
Le Mans Cup (2017) | pi314159 | Mont Blanc Racing | Onroak LMP1-Zytek | 3 | Sébastien Bourdais | Texaco L'Oreal IKEA |
All |
Vic Sunset | |||||||
Ragnar Larsen | |||||||
24 | Randall Wade | ||||||
Serge Blanco | |||||||
J.C. Wolf | |||||||
/ Harris Finance MBR | Porsche 991 GT | 25 | "Dragon" | Harris Finance Panasonic L'Oreal | |||
Ryan Carlton | |||||||
Kelly Harris | |||||||
Toyota Reject Racing Series (2017) | Biscione | Speed Collective Racing | Toyota Tatuus TT104ZZ | 22 | Viktor Pasitchnjuk (TBC) | BurgerFuel 7-Eleven |
All |
33 | John Bean | ||||||
Teams not run by HPG | |||||||
Series (season) | Series organiser | Team name (owner) | Car | No | Driver | Sponsors | Rounds |
AutoReject 2.0 Europe (2017) | Ataxia | Octan Young Drivers (This) | Dallara | 19 | Antonio Pedretti | Octan Ducati |
1- |
AutoReject 3.5 (2017) | Nuppiz | Clockwork Racing (Cynon) | Clockwork-Ford | 35 | Verna Klien | Orange | 1- |
AutoRejects Super Touring (2017) | Salamander | People Power presents Dodge CR Motorsport (Klon) | Dodge Charger | 26 | Catalina Zhang | China Telecom People Power |
1- |
Vermilion Automotive Collective (tristan1117) | Subaru Impreza | 74 | Kristina Harris | ADNOC | 1- | ||
GT-Rejects World Championship (2017) | RealRacingRoots | ICE-3 Racing | Ferrari 575 GTC | 18 | Chiara Rossi Ludvig Kristoffersen |
1- |
NOTES:
- Some PMG drivers may be available for driving duties. Inquire with PMG management.
- Teams/cars marked "TBA" in the round column have not yet been confirmed.