Above: simple bellytanker, no frills. Not sure what dry lake.. doesn't look like El Mirage to me.
Steve racing the Hurst Baja Boot http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/the-tsy-friday-fade-steve-mcqueens-dune-buggy-days/ for a gallery of Steve motorcycle racing across the Mojave http://www.motoblog.it/galleria/le-moto-di-steve-mcqueen/1
Johnny Cash and a train, cool setting!
Pike's Peak, and on the edge of that
Drag racing knows no car unworthy of competing
I believe these images are all from http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/