Jamo,
I wish I could have done the Death Valley run with you guys. What a blast that must have been!
The last time I came through there, Was on the 2000 Starlite Rally. I was escorting a rally teamate with a sick Jaguar S-Type. He had jumped some railroad tracks and hit hard on the landing and the car spewing out transmission
oil. There is no transmission dipstick on the Jag and you cannot refill it from the top. We had to hold an even 70 mph to keep the Jag moving. I didn't want to leave him alone in the vastness of the place in case it quit. Got to Las Vegas, OK.
Paul