Ron Howard is perhaps best remembered on the screen as the happy-go-lucky Richie Cunningham in the long-running American television series Happy Days.
But behind the camera he has proved even more successful, directing such Hollywood blockbusters as Apollo 13, Backdraft, A Beautiful Mind – for which he won an Oscar – and The Da Vinci Code. In doing so, he has worked with the likes of Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks and Russell Crowe  … More
During the height of the economic crisis in the late 2000s, several car manufacturers ended their F1 programmes to save money.
Honda scrapped its F1 effort at the end of 2008, following just three seasons as a full team having taken over BAR. It joined Jaguar, who exited the sport four years earlier.
In 2009 two more jumped ship: BMW and Toyota  … More
At X Games 17 we spoke with Top Gear USA host Tanner Foust about his prospects on a 2012 return to drifting, his thoughts on the popularity of drifting vs rally cross, a few tips on how to get involved in rally, and his plans for the remainder of the 2011 season.
Danica Patrick might not be having the best of seasons in the IZOD IndyCar Series, but it doesn’t seem to be hurting her in the pocketbook. Forbes.com reports that the IndyCar and sometime NASCAR racer is the world’s third-highest-paid female athlete.
Forbes.com estimates Patrick’s annual income at  … More