Road & Track

Road & Track includes technical features on automotive subjects, wide-ranging feature stories, spectacular automotive art and standard-setting new-car photography, humor, fiction, travel stories, book reviews and the most comprehensive racing coverage offered by a monthly magazine.Bonus: iPad Interactive

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GO AHEAD AND MEET YOUR HERO • WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

THE LIFE • The difference between a hero…

HERO WORSHIP • THE GLICKENHAUS BOOT BURNISHES THE LEGEND OF STEVE McQUEEN’S GAWKY RACER.

BEGINNER’S COURSE • THIS BACKYARD TRACK HAS SCHOOLED CHAMPIONS SINCE THE SIXTIES.

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN • SABINE SCHMITZ RULED THE NÜRBURGRING.

FOUNDERS • Welcome to the inner circle.

IT TOOK A MOPAR MAN TO DROP THE BOMB

THE BRAVEST MAN IN F1 • ALL SEVENTIES DRIVERS WERE COURAGEOUS, BUT NONE MORE THAN LITTLE-KNOWN BRIT DAVID PURLEY.

MR. NATURAL • IN A TURBOCHARGED WORLD, THE CORVETTE Z06’S NEW POWERHOUSE INHALES ONLY ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.

WHY HEROES BEHAVE LIKE BASTARDS • THE LATEST F1 DOCUMENTARY FILM, SCHUMACHER, DOESN’T CARE TO UNDERSTAND THE REASONS.

OLD SALTS • SALUTING THE UNHERALDED HEROES OF LAND SPEED RACING.

HUMAN-RIGHTS WATCH • DECADES AFTER HIS DEATH, AYRTON SENNA IS STILL HELPING THE CHILDREN OF BRAZIL.

THE WELL • …and a coward…

THE WHOLE THING • IN AN ERA OF VERSATILE, NO-NONSENSE DRIVERS, PARNELLI JONES PROVED TO BE THE ULTIMATE AMERICAN RACING HERO.

HEAVYWEIGHT • JONES’S 1969 TRANS-AM MUSTANG IS AN ENTIRE CAREER ENCAPSULATED IN ONE CAR.

BACK ON THE DIRT • THE BIG OLY BRONCO DEFINED THE FUTURE OF OFF-ROAD RACING.

PARNELLI JONES’S GREATEST RACE • OVERCOMING EVERY OBSTACLE THROUGH SHEER WILL.

SMALL WONDER • HOW THE ADORABLE BOXSTER, NOW 25 YEARS OLD, SAVED PORSCHE.

UNSUNG • SIX PEOPLE WHO HAVE QUIETLY CHANGED THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD.

ANTIHERO • HISTORY HAS BEEN KIND TO THOMAS MIDGLEY JR. LARGELY BECAUSE IT HAS FORGOTTEN HIM.

The Day I Met My Hero • Five editors risk the total collapse of their automotive worldviews by driving their childhood dream cars. Could any vehicle possibly satisfy our car-obsessed inner teenagers, much less one that’s 20, 40, or even 80 years old?

THE MAN WHO TOLD THE WORLD • HEMANTH KAPPANNA HAD NO IDEA HIS PHD RESEARCH WOULD UNEARTH VOLKSWAGEN’S EMISSIONS CHEAT.

THE F1 REVOLUTION WILL BE TELEVISED • A MODEST NETFLIX SERIES SHOWED FORMULA 1 HOW TO SURVIVE IN AMERICA.

ON SCENE • How Drive to Survive plays in the Circuit of the Americas grandstands.

MECHANICAL MARTYRS • A VISUAL HISTORY OF THE INCREASING INTELLIGENCE OF CRASH-DUMMY DESIGN.

THE GRID • … is one step sideways.

2022 PERFORMANCE CAR OF THE YEAR

From the Editor

The Cars

THE TRACK • Testing each car’s mettle in the ultimate crucible of speed, the racetrack.

The Transformer • Want to head to the track with your new AMG GT Black Series? Here’s what to adjust.

Track Notes

THE ROAD • To choose a winner from this stacked deck, we hit New York state’s best roads. Hard.

Road Notes • This year, PCOTY took to the challenging roads of upstate New York, fall colors greeting our fleet of sports cars at every turn. Looking to follow our route? Here are a few tips to make the most of your back-road blast.

THE CHAMP • God’s Own Porsche

The Maestro • The head of Porsche’s GT cars is keeping the dream alive.

2022 Porsche 911 GT3

PORTRAIT OF THE RACER AS AN ARTIST