IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR CREATING A TREASURE CHEST OF LOVED ONES.

DANIEL PUND

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FAMILY HAS BEEN MUCH on my mind lately. I spend the majority of my time with my nuclear family and a crazy-eyed, 14-week-old puppy who performs improbably high vertical leaps for no apparent reason. I spent two weeks in Northern California, first with my Road & Track reader family at the amazing Seaside to Sierra road rally, crossing the state from San Francisco to Lake Tahoe, and then at my work-family reunion called Performance Car of the Year testing. Look for the latter story in our next issue.

I arrived home to find that deputy creative director Cassidy Zobl had been conspiring with star photographer Ian Allen and creative director Nathan Schroeder to create the cover image you see here. This being the Family issue, it seemed appropriate to visually explore the connection between family and cars. To illustrate this, Zobl solicited staff, contributors, and friends for snapshots representing what the family/car connection looks like on a personal level.