David Reynolds' Erebus Supercar team unveiled the race suits they will wear at this weekend's Gold Coast 600, inspired by the legendary rock band, Kiss, along with the liveries that both Reynolds and teammate Anton De Pasquale will race in at this weekend's Gold Coast 600.
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Reynolds and De Pasquale, with co-drivers Luke Youlden and Will Brown, took on the personas of the world famous legendary rockers, whose comic book-style characters have made them international superstars.
Reynolds rocked a replica of the Demon (Gene Simmons), De Pasquale the Starchild (Paul Stanley), Youlden the Spaceman (Tommy Thayer) and Brown the Catman (Eric Singer).
"It's a bit of fun for us and the fans," Reynolds, who, with Youlden finished a very credible fifth at Bathurst last round after starting 22nd on the grid said.
"Revolution Racegear has done a fantastic job to make us look this cool and deck us out as the characters from the band.
"We are really honoured to be the team carrying the Kiss branding and can't wait to get out there and perform as good as we look."
Whilst Reynolds and Youlden have been on the podium previously at the Gold Coast (Reynolds won in 2013 and Youlden was second), they haven't achieved this together.
In 2018, Reynolds started on pole for Sunday's race, giving the duo a perfect start, but torrential rain and poor conditions saw the race eventually abandoned with no results recorded.
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"I love the Gold Coast, it's one of my favourite races of the year," Reynolds said.
"I love all the street tracks, racing here is nuts. I'm looking forward to it, it's going to be fun."
Reynolds also hopes regulation tweaks for the category next year ensures a closer Supercars championship after admitting it had been frustrating playing catch-up with runaway series leader Scott McLaughlin and his Ford Mustang this season.
While he hasn't given up on trying to stop McLaughlin at the Gold Coast, the 2017 Bathurst champion has already cast his mind to the 2020 season due to the Ford star's dominance.
McLaughlin holds a staggering 622-point championship lead and can secure back-to-back titles on the tourist strip this weekend with two rounds remaining.
Reynolds was hoping changes adopted next season, including reduced downforce and drop in engine power, would bring McLaughlin back to the field.
"Hopefully next year it is a bit different with the category. They are going to do a better job with the differences within the cars and they are knocking off a bit of horse power," Reynolds said.
"It has been frustrating if you are on the bad side of it (Holden), but if you are on the good side (Ford) of it you love life.
"But hopefully it (2020) is a bit more even."
Reynolds is still backing himself to overhaul McLaughlin on the tight Gold Coast street circuit this weekend thanks to new aerodynamic changes that all Holden's adopted two rounds ago.
"Even though it has been a bit of a shambles of a year as far as parity goes, I actually love that because people are talking about our sport," Reynolds said.
McLaughlin is the man to beat, but Reynolds said the winner of this weekend's two 102-lap races may be decided by who claims pole.
The pole sitter has claimed 14 of the last 21 races on the Gold Coast.
"It is hard to pass here so qualifying is key. But this track suits our car - it likes the short, sharp corners," Reynolds said.
"I love the element of risk. If you stuff up here you are into the fence, there are big consequences - I like that."