By alley - Sep 26, 2016, 12:17 PM ET

IMSA: December delivery for Starworks’ Riley

Starworks Motorsport owner Peter Baron has locked down a delivery date to receive his new-for-2017 Riley Mk 30 LMP2 chassis. Baron's Mk 30 will be powered by a Gibson V8 engine and run in FIA World Endurance Championship specification for use in IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series, and any other international events Starworks adds to its calendar.

"We're shored up for a car delivery in December," Baron told RACER. "Bill [Riley] is going to do some testing with it and then we'll get it a few weeks before the Roar Before the 24. One way or the other, we'll put something together for the Rolex [24]."

"Thing have been really busy lately, we've been running a lot of PC cars and have a championship we're trying to get, so with the season about to be over, I'll have a lot more time to dedicate to the P2 car," he added. "I've seen all the [P2] announcements from JDC and PR1, and I've been like, 'Dammit, I need to get something out there.'

"I'm like a cockroach; you can't kill me. I'll keep on surviving. It will take some creative juggling, but I will get something together and we'll be out there."

Baron is known for putting together highly creative driver line-ups to start each season at the Rolex 24 At Daytona. WEC P1 champions Allan McNish and Brendon Hartley, Formula 1 veteran Rubens Barrichello, IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay, and recent Formula E signee Felix Rosenqvist have all piloted Starworks entries in recent years, and given the chance to nominate his leader for January's championship opener, Baron would go with Renger van der Zande.

"Nobody knew who Renger was when he came over and started driving for me, and now he's the guy all of our drivers want to partner with," he said of the Dutchman who leads the PC standings for Starworks with Alex Popow (ABOVE). "He's ready to be a leader and every package I can come up with will have Renger in it at the top."