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Gene Simmons: Why racing is cool

By GENE SIMMONS
Published March 31, 2006

I'm that weird looking guy who sticks his tongue out all the time.

I've been there and done that.

And, I have to tell you from the bottom of my heart, I believe! I believe in Indy!

It happened almost a year ago. I was invited to an IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. What I saw blew me away. It hit me the way very few things in life hit me. It hit me emotionally.

I saw amazing pride and craftsmanship in the pit crew guys and their cars.

I saw our drivers from all the corners of the planet competing against and with each other to see who's the best, who's the fastest. I saw the crowd having the time of their lives. I saw dads with their kids, having a hot dog on a sunny afternoon. I saw people standing at attention and saluting a flag that makes it all possible.