Since we want to rev you up about the Indianapolis 500 coming up in just over a week you might want to check out a great story in USA Today about Jeff Simmons, the driver of the Rahal-Letterman ethanol car.

And just in case you’ve never heard what it sounds like in the pits or when these cars are on the track here’s a couple of audio clips you ought to listen to:

Pit Sound (1 min MP3)

Pit Car Sound (30 sec MP3)