All things DELTA RACING PRODUCTS - DRP -

Possibly the most rare late 70's frame to find.....


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Dirk Davidow
78' NBA Grand Nationals. Los Angeles, Ca.

Dirk Davidow
78' ABA Grand Nationals. Las Vegas, Nevada

Denny Davidow
78' Summer Nationals. Shawnee Oklahoma

Couple more

David Lee
79' ABA Fall Nationals. Tacoma Washington


Either one of the Davidow brothers or David Lee
79' Big Mamma. Corona, Ca


Rinker Marietti
78' NBA Grand Nationals. Los Angeles, Ca.


Unidentified Delta rider (possibly Sheppard)
78' NBA Grand Nationals. Los Angeles, Ca.


Sheppard (don't know his first name)
79' Big Mamma. Corona, Ca.


[ February 15, 2007, 12:09 PM: Message edited by: JohnnyJohnson OMAS DirtSlinger ]

Who else, I am pretty sure!
Dave Merrit, Rick Wilkenson and Bobby and Troy Creek.

I may be wrong.

Maybe Demos (the owner of Delta) could post.
He's a member of Vintage. That would be very cool.

I know Bubba Hayes raced on a Delta before he was sponsored by DG.
Bubba was not on the Delta factory team though.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE DENNY DAVIDOW HAS BEEN//

Demos sent me these photos a few years ago -- cool stuff. He said only about 100 frames total were ever produced, including the customs.









Never rode one, but man those things must have steered quick with that headtube angle.

For being such a small boutique maker, Delta had a pretty good following here in Colorado. The first major Denver-area BMX shop, Colorado Competitors, sold at least five frames. Here's a pic of Mike "Chicken" O'Connor (his parents owned the shop) leading on his Delta Pro at the 1978 Red Seal Open, photo from the very first issue of BMX Plus!



[ February 18, 2007, 07:38 PM: Message edited by: Evan ]

Is that a pot leaf on his helmet and his parents sponsored him and owned the shop?

It's been a long time but I'm sure it wasn't a leaf. It was probably a geometric design done in pinstripe tape. Never noticed the resemblance until you pointed it out. He wasn't the type. Today his job is busting those types, probably nearing his 20th career year.

Come on, guys. Give him some credit. He was so fast, it was a bug splatter...

Not judging, just not sponsor like if it was.

Mike Sheppard at the 79' Cook Bros Classic at Irvine


Head tube close up


[ March 16, 2007, 03:46 PM: Message edited by: JohnnyJohnson OMAS DirtSlinger ]

That lugged mini frame is nuts.