AFS Racing owner Gary Peterson and drivers Sebastian Saavedra and Gustavo Yacaman will join PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports to field the No. 52 Ligier JS P217 next season.It marks the first WeatherTech SportsCar Championship collaboration between Peterson and Saavedra, who've worked together in IndyCar for many years. They embark on a Prototype...

Sebastian Saavedra and AFS Racing are back to partner with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the No. 7 Honda formerly driven by Mikhail Aleshin. The open-wheel veteran will step into the car for this weekend's ABC Supply 500 at Pocono and return the following weekend for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500...

Mikhail Aleshin's time as a Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver has come to an end.The speedy Russian exits the No. 7 Honda for Verizon IndyCar Series veteran Sebastian Saavedra and his team owner/sponsor Gary Peterson, whose Automatic Fire Sprinkler company and AFS Racing team will partner with SPM on the entry...

Longtime Verizon IndyCar Series entrant Gary Peterson and his AFS Racing driver Sebastian Saavedra continue to evaluate a move into IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Ongoing discussions with multiple team owners and chassis manufacturers have been taking place, and with Peterson and Saavedra in attendance at this weekend's Sahlen's Six Hours...

As previously reported by RACER, Sebastian Saavedra has been confirmed in Juncos Racing's second entry in the 101st Indianapolis 500, joining 2015 Indy Lights champion Spencer Pigot for the month of May.Saavedra, 26, will be behind the wheel of the No. 17 joint entry formed by his longtime backer Gary...

Verizon IndyCar Series newcomer Juncos Racing is expected to announce Sebastian Saavedra and Spencer Pigot as the drivers for its Indianapolis 500 debut. With the two Chevy-powered Juncos cars in place, the 31st and 32nd entries have been filled.RACER has also received assurances that Buddy Lazier and his Lazier Partners...

Grace Autosport team owner Beth Paretta (above, left) has kept quiet while putting the final touches on her Indy 500 program, and tells RACER there's only one obstacle left to overcome."All we need is a car," she said. "We have our driver Katherine Legge (above, right) ready to go, we've...

AFS Racing team owner Gary Peterson and driver Sebastian Saavedra have pulled the plug on their Indy 500 effort.The pair had been busy assembling a program since the Long Beach race in mid-April, which included Conquest Racing as the team to field the car on Peterson's behalf. Conquest owner Eric...

Honda has an engine. Bryan Herta has a chassis. Michael Shank has a team. Somewhere among those pieces, Gabby Chaves hopes to create an opportunity to take part in his second Indy 500.The 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year could be the final entry for May's 100th running...

Gary Peterson, the car owner whose loyalty has kept Sebastian Saavedra in IndyCar racing on and off for the past several years, is bringing the 25-year-old Colombian back to Indianapolis next month.But instead of partnering with Andretti Autosport or Target Chip Ganassi Racing as he has in the past, Peterson's...