Peak Motorsport Group

This article is about the group itself. For the team, see Peak Motorsport.

PMG logo

The Peak Motorsport Group (abbreviated to PMG) is a New Zealand motorsport consortium.

History

PMG was formed as the High Performance Group in 2016 by businessmen Raymond Douglas, Craig Harris, and Dominic Spearman. It competed in the F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup, Rejects Rallycross Championship, Lupo GTI Championship, and the Reject Rally Trophy.

For 2017, Spearman and Douglas' shares in the business were bought out by British businessman Roger Clark (father of HPG driver Julian) and Mexican investor Héctor Vázquez (backer of driver Angelica Lopez) and the group was renamed as the Peak Motorsport Group.

Operations

The Peak Motorsport Group is based in Auckland, New Zealand. They operate three racing teams, an engine division known as Peak Motorsport Engines, and a driver management arm known as Peak Driver Talent.

Racing operations

See Peak Motorsport, Everest Rally Team, and Glacier Mont Blanc Racing.

PMG operates three racing teams: Peak Motorsport, its Touring Car team that runs in RTCC and Lupo GTI; Everest Rally Team, the Rallying arm that competes in RRT and RRC; and the endurance racing operation Glacier Mont Blanc Racing, that runs cars in the ACO Le Mans Cup.

Group structure

The new structure from 2017 onwards is as follows:

Overall group: Peak Motorsport Group

• Touring car team: Peak Motorsport (RTCC, Lupo GTI)
  
• Rally team: Everest Rally Team (RRT)
  
• Endurance racing/GT team: Glacier Mont Blanc Racing and Harris Finance GT (ACO Le Mans)
• Engine divison: Peak Motorsport Engines
• Driver management divison: 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
Series (season)	Series organiser	Team name	Car	No	Driver	Rounds
F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup (2016-17)	WaffleCat	High Performance Racing	Mazda 323	23	Julian Clark	1-5
					Catalina Zhang	6-12
				33	Alvin Ziegler	1-2, 4-12
					Verna Klien	3
Lupo GTI Championship (2016)	Rated	Harris Finance Racing	Volkswagen Lupo GTI	23	Kristina Harris	5-7, NC 1
					Kaitlyn Harris	NC 1
		John Deere Racing		32	Angelica Lopez	NC 1
				33	Hugo Carvalho	NC 1
Rejects Rallycross Championship (2016)	Dark77	HPR Ford Rallycross Team	Ford Escort	3	Alvin Ziegler	3-9
				23	Kristina Harris	3-6
					Kelly Harris	7-9
Reject Rally Trophy (2016)	Biscione	High Performance Ford Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RRT	23	Vern Fraser	NC, 2-5, 7-8, 10, 17-19
					Hugo Carvalho	1, 6, 9, 11-16
				24	Liz Bryan	All
Teams not run by HPG
Series (season)	Series organiser	Team name (owner)	Car	No	Driver	Rounds
GT-Rejects World Championship (2016)	RealRacingRoots	Best In The World Motorsport (Klon)	Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT	11	Randall Wade	5-14
International Formula Reject Challenge (2016)	Nuppiz	Takagi Racing Enterprises (FMecha)	Lola FN06-Honda-Judd	8	Verna Klien	10-12
Porsche Reject Cup (Fall 2016)	Hound55	Eastern Racing Associates (pasta_maldonado)	Porsche 911 GT3	8	Catalina Zhang	1-8
Rejects Touring Car Championship (2016)	pasta_maldonado	/ Onyx Toyota Racing (Onxy Wrecked)	Toyota Carina	30	Julian Clark	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
Series (season)	Series organiser	Team name	Car	No	Driver	Sponsors	Rounds
ACO Le Mans Cup (2017)	pi314159	/ Glacier Mont Blanc Racing	Onroak LMP1-Zytek	3	Sébastien Bourdais	L'Oréal Texaco Red Bull Pernod Ricard	All
					Vic Sunset
					Ragnar Larsen
				24	Randall Wade
					Serge Blanco
					J.C. Wolf
		Harris Finance GT	Porsche 991 GT	25	Kristina Harris	Harris Finance Air New Zealand L'Oréal Pernod Ricard
					Kelly Harris
					Kaitlyn Harris
F1 Rejects Super Touring Cup (2017-18)	WaffleCat	Peak Motorsport	TBA	23	Catalina Zhang	IKEA Huawei John Deere Harris Finance	TBA
				24	Ragnar Larsen
Lupo GTI Championship (2017)	Rated	Telmex Peak Motorsport	VW Lupo GTI	23	Angelica Lopez	Telmex Pemex Harris Finance Air New Zealand	All
				24	TBA		TBA
Reject Rally Trophy (2017)	Biscione	John Deere Everest Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RRT	23	Vern Fraser	John Deere Fonterra Telstra ANZ	All
				24	Liz Bryan
Rejects Rallycross Championship (2017)	Dark77	John Deere Everest Rally Team	TBA	3	TBA	John Deere Fonterra Harris Finance Banco Espírito Santo	TBA
				23	Hugo Carvalho
Rejects Touring Car Championship (2017)	pasta_maldonado	BurgerFuel Peak Motorsport	Mazda 6	3	Alvin Ziegler	BurgerFuel DHL Johnnie Walker Royal Bank of Scotland	All
				55	Julian Clark
Teams not run by HPG
Series (season)	Series organiser	Team name (owner)	Car	No	Driver	Sponsors	Rounds

NOTES:

• PMG's entries in the F1RSTC and RRC as well as their second car in the Lupo GTI are not yet confirmed.
• Drivers Verna Klien, Catalina Zhang, Ragnar Larsen, Randall Wade, Hugo Carvalho, Kaitlyn Harris and Kelly Harris may be available for driving duties. Please inquire with PMG management.
• While drivers may be penciled in, they are not yet fully confirmed. Only drivers in the RTCC team and the ACO LMC teams are confirmed, along with Kristina Harris at the Lupo GTI team.

Other operations

Driver management

Current drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent are:

Drivers
Hugo Carvalho	Kristina Harris
Julian Clark	Verna Klien
Randall Wade	Ragnar Larsen
Vern Fraser	Angelica Lopez
Kaitlyn Harris	Catalina Zhang
Kelly Harris	Alvin Ziegler

Engines

PMG supply their own engines through a subsidiary, Peak Motorsport Engines.