Notice how often the dry lakes of the Mojave Desert north of L.A. are featured in advertisements for cars.  You can drive as fast as you want on them.  Lindsay's place near Boron is in the center of the dry lake district:

 

Henry Ford raced on frozen Lake St.Clair in Michigan's lower peninsula: http://www.mshf.com/index.htm?/museum/999.htm

It's still fun: http://www.carprices.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?name=iceracing.html    He called Northern Michigan, the upper peninsula, the prettiest place in the world.  Ford still owns much land around Lindsay's place on Indian Lake, near: http://www.pentogapark.net