If the open-wheel ace has the chance to drive at the 100th running of the iconic 500-mile event in May, he says he'd welcome the opportunity to take part in that piece of history and then make his second start at the legendary endurance race in France.

"For 2016 I'm racing with Ford full-time, but the schedule does leave open the entire month of May, which is good," Briscoe told RACER. "I'd really love to put something together for the Indy 500 next year; it's something I really want to do, and if I had my choice, I'd do both May races – the Indy GP and the 500. If I had other opportunities at other races, I'd like to look at it because we don't have many date conflicts, but we'll also be doing a lot of testing with the Fords, so I'll need to be sure anything that might happen in IndyCar doesn't take away from sports cars."

Briscoe is back with the Ganassi team, albeit in a different series after driving for Chip in IndyCar on three separate occasions. His last was in 2014, and once the season concluded, he moved to a part-time role with the Corvette Racing sports car team. Briscoe returned to Le Mans with the team, but a practice crash by teammate Jan Magnussen did enough damage to require the No. 63 Corvette C7.R's withdrawal prior to the race.

Briscoe went into Le Mans after subbing for James Hinchcliffe in the Indy 500 after the Canadian was injured in a practice crash, yet missed out on doing the double due to Magnussen's aforementioned crash, and provided he can find another seat for the month of May--which shouldn't be hard for the 2012 Indy 500 polesitter--he'll have another shot at winning both keystone events.

"Doing the Indy 500, with the Indy GP rolling into that, and then Le Mans would be another dream opportunity if we can make it happen," he said. "Representing Ford is already amazing, and if we can do more in IndyCar, that would be icing on the cake."

With two fifth-place finishes at Indy, and three starts at the 500 for Ganassi, the thought of Chip moving Briscoe from the Ford GT into a fourth IndyCar for May wouldn't be inconceivable, but isn't a sure thing.

"I haven't really talked about it in detail with Chip, but I think that would be absolutely preferable, for sure," he said.

Provided it happens with Ganassi or another team, Briscoe would make his 11th start at Indy, and would likely be joined by IndyCar veteran and defending IMSA GT Daytona champion Townsend Bell as drivers to do the Indy/Le Mans double in 2016.