Director Ron Howard to Drive Pace Car in NASCAR Sprint Cup Race

No, he won't actually be racing.

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Oscar-winning director and former Happy Days star Ron Howard has agreed to drive the BigMachineRecords.com pace car leading the way to the start/finish line at the NASCAR Brickyard 400 on Sunday, July 29th. Howard has apparently shown interest in the sport since he began filming his latest movie Rush, a biography of Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda.

[via Yahoo News]

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