The Right Stuff
Don Vesco getting ready for his first ride in Black Lightning - 1996
"Are you sure about this?" - 1996
"I hate to tell you this Don, but I think I left the keys back in Virginia" - 1996
"Are you sure we've got this thing pointed in the right direction?" - 1996
David Baxter checking things out. Note front suspension. - 1996
Max with Don Vesco, first year out. Note the number 52 - 1996
First time streamliner was on the salt. L - R: Larry Feece, Mike Shea, Max Lambky, Don Vesco, Bernie, Sonny Angel, Don Angel, Bob George, James - 1996
Vesco checking out the cockpit. He was the back up rider. L - R: Max, Don Vesco, Dave Breedon, spectator, Stu Rogers - 1997
After the crash, first run. Stu explaining how it wasn't his fault. Max thinking, "I've got to build a whole new streamliner. This is going to be a lot of work." - 1997
Don Vesco, Sonny Angel, and Max bench racing. John Caraway in background. - 1998
Vincent Black Lightning T-shirts, 1996 & 1998 versions - 1998
Too much noise for Sonny - 1998
Don Angel, Don Vesco, my daughter Kim, David Baxter, and Max - 1998
Max & Don in Turbinator pit. Don Vesco was the back up rider for Don Angel. - 1998
Don Angel suiting up - 1998
Don Angel getting in liner to make his first run ever. Dale Martin, BNI scrutineer looks on. - 1998
Don Angel after his first run ever in a streamliner - 1998
Don Angel in cockpit. Note hand shifter and high speed parachute trigger lever. - 1998
Getting ready for a run - 1998
Geez, that cockpit is small! Dave Campos - 2002
Dave Campos helping the old man (Don Vesco) out of the Easy Rider FIM record holding streamliner - 2002
Max Re' and Kim, Max's kids working on the parachutes - 2002
Max's son, Max Re' - 2002
Max with friends Don Vesco and Dave Campos, world record holders who came at Max's request - 2002
Getting ready for a run - 2002
Marty Dickerson hanging on to that free T-shirt at the North American Rally, Deer Lodge, MT just before leaving for Bonneville - 2004, photo by Bob Bonato
John McDougall and Max discussing something - 2004
Max firing her up - 2004
Steve Doherty, Don Angel, Hartmut Weidelich, Max, and Barrie Howell - 2004