Sebastian Saavedra

In an effort to turn things around and finish the season strong, AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports will bring a new car to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for Sunday's two-hour, 40-minute America's Tire 250. The No. 52 entry now will be an Oreca 07 Gibson LMP2 car, which has won each of the past three Prototype races, sportscar365.com reports.

AFS Racing has joined forces with PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports to enter the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship next year, fielding a Ligier JS P217 Gibson for Saavedra and Gustavo Yacaman, sportscar365.com reports.

Saavedra will partner Sebastien Bourdais at Dragon Racing in 2013 in a full-time deal.

Saavedra crashed while practicing to protect his slowest time in the Indy 500 field, but remarkably found himself back in the race after being bumped out at least twice, while still not having a car to protect his time.