Another chassis that thus far has been principally linked with a DPi effort, this time with Mazda power, the effort not yet officially confirmed but that will see Speedsource with a two car campaign for 2017.

There is still a distinct possibility of a third, customer car with the clock ticking ever more loudly to the deadline for a decision on whether that possible programme would be supported by Mazda.

Visit Florida Racing are the team most likely to corner that programme though a Plan B there would likely still see Troy Flis’s outfit out and racing in a Gibson engined LMP2 if the DPi prospect fell at the final hurdle.

As for Gibson engined cars there are a number of potential customers in play, to have so far been announced, Ben Keating, with a car initially (and incorrectly) presumed to be set for IMSA, that instead will form the core of the ViperExchange owner’s ambitions to return to the Le Mans 24 Hours after a successful LMP2 debut this year with the Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03R.

How that will be achieved remains to be explained but it looks likely to focus around one of the IMSA nomination entries on the back of a GTD full season entry with no full season race programme yet confirmed for the Keating LMP2

Peter Baron’s Starworks revealed their intention to purchase a Gibson-powered Riley Multimatic several weeks ago but have not yet confirmed any progression with that likely IMSA-bound project.

As far as ELMS and WEC is concerned, the Riley Multimatic project has its fans in both paddocks but there are, as yet, no firm plans to bring a Mk 30 to either the European Serioes, or the World Championship.

Certainly Bill Riley sees potential amongst the current IMSA PC class for expansion of his 2017 order book. With the Ave Riley LMP3 already attracting orders for the new look IMSA Lites Series the Riley name seems set to continue it’s long history in North American racing in good order

DSC understands that six chassis are being built as an initial batch to fulfil DPI race car, and spare chassis, requirements plus early Gibson engined LMP2 orders.