The New York Times Magazine Stunt School 2026

Description

An overhead perspective captures a silver sedan executing a drift on a large asphalt training facility. The black pavement is heavily marked with swirling black tire tracks and crisp white lane lines painted across the surface. Several small orange traffic cones are positioned along the boundaries and near the moving vehicle, which kicks up a faint plume of blue tire smoke. Natural daylight illuminates the scene, casting soft shadows and highlighting the textured asphalt grain.