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''This article is about the group itself. For the team, see [[Peak Motorsport Canada]]''.
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''This article is about the group. For the team, see [[Peak Motorsport]]''.
  
 
[[File:Peak Motorsport logo.png|200px|thumb|right|PMG logo]]  
 
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==History==
 
==History==
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The origins of the Peak Motorsport Group was in early 2006, when Canadian native Edward Summers, a prominent businessman entered "Peak Motorsport Canada" in the [[2007 Alternate GP2 season]]. The team's workshop was located in Vancouver.
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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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The High Performance Group was 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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As part of the merger, Ziegler Holdings and the Clark Corporation purchased the shareholdings held by Douglas and Spearman.
  
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PMC and HPG merged at the beginning of [[2017 Canon Motorsport Calendar|2017]], with Ziegler Holdings (the Ziegler family) and the Clark Corporation (the Clark family) purchasing the shareholdings held by Douglas and Spearman.
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===Ownership===
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The current ownership structure is as follows:
  
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===Ownership===
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"
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Peak Motorsport Canada
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! colspan=4| Organisation<br><small>owner(s)<small>
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* 2006-2017:
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** {{CAN}} Summers Group LLC. (Edward Summers) - 100%
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| align=center| Peak Motorsport Canada (2006-2017)<br><small>Summers Incorporated (100%)<small>
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High Performance Group
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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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* 2006-2017:
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** {{NZL}} Harris Family Trust (Craig Harris, Kristina Harris, Kaitlyn Harris, Kelly Harris) - 33.3%
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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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** {{USA}} Douglas Media Group Inc. (Raymond Douglas) - 33.3%
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** {{USA}} Spearman Industries (Dominic Spearman) - 33.3%
 
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Peak Motorsport Group (merged)
 
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* 2017-:
 
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** {{CAN}} Summers Group LLC. (Edward Summers) - 50%
 
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** {{NZL}} Harris Family Trust (Craig Harris, Kristina Harris, Kaitlyn Harris, Kelly Harris) - 25%
 
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** {{GER}} Ziegler Holdings AG (Alvin Ziegler, Kurtis Ziegler) - 12.5%
 
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** {{GBR}} Clark Corporation Ltd. (Roger Clark) - 12.5%
 
  
 
==Operations==
 
==Operations==
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The headquarters of PMG is in Auckland, New Zealand along with their main workshop. This is also the workshop for the [[Everest Rally Team]]. Other workshops are located in Coventry ([[Peak Aeroracing Engineering]]), Berlin ([[Ziegler Auto Racing]]) and Grenoble ([[Mont Blanc Racing]]).  
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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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The group currently run four racing teams - [[Peak Aeroracing Engineering]] in open-wheel series, the [[Mont Blanc Racing]] endurance racing squad; the [[Everest Rally Team]]; and the [[Ziegler Auto Racing]] touring car operation. They also are part-owners of [[Far East Associates Racing]] in IPC.
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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.
  
 
===Driver management===
 
===Driver management===
 
The following is the roster of drivers managed by Peak Driver Talent, the driver management arm of PMG:
 
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]]
 
* {{FRA}} [[Bernard Beauchene]]
 
* {{FRA}} [[Bernard Beauchene]]
 
* {{USA}} [[Joey Bennett]]
 
* {{USA}} [[Joey Bennett]]
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* {{NZL}} [[Simon Bourne]]
 
* {{TUR}} [[Ahmet Burakgazi]]
 
* {{TUR}} [[Ahmet Burakgazi]]
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* {{POR}} [[Hugo Carvalho]]
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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]]
 
* {{GBR}} [[Julian Clark]]
 
* {{GBR}} [[Julian Clark]]
 
* {{GBR}} [[Ross Clark]]
 
* {{GBR}} [[Ross Clark]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Gerrallt Davies]]
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* {{CIV}} [[Akua Cugoano]]
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* {{GBR}} [[Gerallt Davies]]
 
* {{ITA}} [[Michelangela Dioli]]
 
* {{ITA}} [[Michelangela Dioli]]
 
* {{AUS}} [[Benjamin Foster-Thompson]]
 
* {{AUS}} [[Benjamin Foster-Thompson]]
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* {{SRB}} [[Iva Janković]]
 
* {{SRB}} [[Iva Janković]]
 
* {{TRO}} [[Renaldo Jiménez]]
 
* {{TRO}} [[Renaldo Jiménez]]
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* {{BEL}} [[Eugenie Joosens]]
 
* {{AUT}} [[Verna Klien]]
 
* {{AUT}} [[Verna Klien]]
 
* {{DEN}} [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
 
* {{DEN}} [[Ludvig Kristoffersen]]
 
* {{SWE}} [[Ragnar Larsen]]
 
* {{SWE}} [[Ragnar Larsen]]
 
* {{MEX}} [[Angelica Lopez]]
 
* {{MEX}} [[Angelica Lopez]]
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* {{VIE}} [[Thi Nhat]]
 
* {{RUS}} [[Viktor Pasitchnjuk]]
 
* {{RUS}} [[Viktor Pasitchnjuk]]
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* {{POL}} [[Danuta Popławski]]
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* {{POL}} [[Danuta Popławski]]  
 
* {{GBR}} [[Steven Mackintosh]]
 
* {{GBR}} [[Steven Mackintosh]]
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* {{CAN}} [[Arienne Sorel]]
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* {{SEN}} [[Mohammed Siki]]
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* {{CAN}} [[Arienne Sorel]]  
 
* {{USA}} [[Tony Scrugham III]]
 
* {{USA}} [[Tony Scrugham III]]
 
* {{CAN}} [[Dakota Summers]]
 
* {{CAN}} [[Dakota Summers]]
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* {{CAN}} [[Skye Summers]]
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* {{CAN}} [[Skye Summers]]  
 
* {{GBR}} [[Jemma Triggs]]
 
* {{GBR}} [[Jemma Triggs]]
 
* {{USA}} [[Randall Wade]]
 
* {{USA}} [[Randall Wade]]
 
* {{CHN}} [[Catalina Zhang]]
 
* {{CHN}} [[Catalina Zhang]]
 
* {{GER}} [[Alvin Ziegler]]
 
* {{GER}} [[Alvin Ziegler]]
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* {{JPN}} [[Daisuke Yanagawa]]
 
* {{FRA}} [[Lukas Zuber]]
 
* {{FRA}} [[Lukas Zuber]]
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==Current series==
 
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Teams run by PMG in 2018.
 
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'''Open wheel'''<br>
 
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{{GBR}} [[Peak Aeroracing Engineering]]
 
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* [[2018 AutoReject World Series season]]
 
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* [[2018 FIA Formula 2 World Championship season]]
 
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* [[2018 AutoReject 3.5 season]]
 
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* [[2018 Anglo-Irish Formula 4 season]]
 
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{{CAN}} [[Peak Motorsport Canada]]
 
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* [[2018 North American Formula 4 season]]
 
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{{ITA}} [[Scuderia Del Prete]] (small stake)
 
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* [[2018 Italian Formula 4 season]]
 
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'''Touring car/trucks'''<br>
 
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{{GER}} [[Ziegler Auto Racing]]
 
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* [[2018 International Pro Car season]]
 
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* [[2018 SEAT Leon Supercopa season]] (ZAR Junior Team)
 
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{{CHN}} [[Far East Associates Racing]] (part-owned)
 
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* [[2018 International Pro Car season]]
 
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{{USA}} Peak Motorsport USA
 
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* [[2017-18 Rejects SuperTruck Championship season]]
 
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'''Endurance racing'''<br>
 
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{{FRA}} [[Mont Blanc Racing]]
 
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* [[2018 FIA Prototype Challenge season]]
 
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'''Rally and rallycross'''<br>
 
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{{NZL}} [[Everest Rally Team]]
 
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* [[2018 Group B RallyCross Championship season]]
 
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[[Category:Peak Motorsport Group]]
 
[[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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