Brutal Nightmare
By: Bryan Bannach DV8 Regional Staff Member
DV8 describes the nightmare as a ball that “Finished with a Rough Buff Finish, the Brutal Nightmare skids easily through the front and mid-lane with an extremely quick response to friction on the backend creating a highly continuous motion that pummels the pins. The Brutal Nightmare with its new Class 8 Hybrid Reactive coverstock is the most skid / snap DV8 ball to date and should be used on medium oily to oily lane conditions.”
I have always struggled with asymmetric equipment revving up too quickly and burning up all it’s energy before it gets to the pins.  So with the Brutal Nightmare we decided to try something a little different.  We drilled it to retain as much energy as physically possible.  We decided to go with a 90* x 2.5 x 50* layout.  This would allow the Brutal Nightmare to get down the lane, and make a smoother move on the backend thus retaining as much energy as possible.
I LOVE this ball on a house shot.  It is strong enough to handle the oil in the middle but it is smooth enough not to overreact if I get in into the dry to quick.
My first night using it was on a house shot and I was pleasantly surprised with the reaction I saw.  When I would normally see a the ball rev up and burn up, the Brutal Nightmare floated through the heads and made a strong controlled move on the backed.  When I would miss out it still retained energy and made a strong move, and while in the past I would have left a plaque ten, the Brutal had plenty of energy left to carry.
I have also used the Brutal on the Earl Anthony 40’ pattern.  The Brutal gave me a great reaction look on this pattern.  While others were having trouble with their ball either struggling to handle the volume, or struggling with controlling the breakpoint, the Brutal gave me the best of both worlds.  It was strong enough to overcome the upfront volume, but did not go sideways off the friction.  And, once again, it still had energy at the pins.
While I drilled the Brutal Nightmare slightly unconventional, it does exactly what I was hoping it would.  This layout will allow me to use the Brutal on a multitude of different patterns, when I need easy length but a strong controllable motion.         

LANE CONDITION

Kegel Mean Street

Length:41 feet

Volume: 19.30ml

Type (THS, Sport Pattern etc): Typical House Shot


COMMENTS

Likes:  See Video

Dislikes: See Video


PICTURES AND/OR VIDEOS


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DRILL PATTERN

40 x 4.5 x 75
xhole .75 x 2.5 1 inch below centerline on val


BOWLER STYLE

Rev Rate: 375-400

Ball Speed: 18-19

PAP/Track: 4 7/8 x 13/16


SURFACE PREP

Grit: OOB
 
Type: (Matte, Polish, Sanded): Polished


LANE CONDITION

Length: various


Type (THS, Sport Pattern etc): THS and SPort


BALL REACTION

Length: 6

Back End: 5

Overall Hook: 7

Midlane Read: 9

Breakpoint Shape: arc


COMMENTS

Likes: This ball came with a cg almost on the pin so I had to go pin down, and I wanted something to compliment my nightmare drilled similarly and that is what I got. I have a ball to step down to if the nightmare gives me too much of an over under reaction when there is not enough oil. This ball picks up well in the midlane and allows me to keep my angles straighter through the front for those heavier oil longer patterns.

Dislikes: If I try to open up the angles too much it loses some cornering power and hit, thats why I drilled a second one 75 x 5 x 75 to be a little cleaner and more angular which it is.


PICTURES AND/OR VIDEOS

Lane Condition:  Mexico City

Length: 41 Feet

Volume:

Type (THS, Sport Pattern etc) Sport

I am a left Hander, and my ball speed is 16mph.

The DVA Brutal Nightmare has been a ball that I have been waiting for, for a long time.  This ball I had to do some surface change because the conditions we have been bowling on were shorter, and the ball was just burning up to early, so I polished more and the first Brutal I drilled, I polished it for shorter patterns, and the second Brutal I drilled, I left it out of the box, and I used this one on the Mexico City and it allowed me to pray way out, and I was the only one to play that far out, with any ball reaction.

This ball has alllowed me to play inside and open the lane up on a THC.  This ball is a ball you have to make surface changes on certain lane conditions.

If you get ball, you will not be disappointed!

This ball works great on long and oily patterns!


Likes:  Gets through the heads very clean with strong backend reaction!

Dislikes:  This ball is not meant for Short Patterns.

Great Job DV8 on another Fantastic Ball!!!

Doug Cutler
DV8 Staffer
1-PBA Regional Title

DRILL PATTERN

Dual Angle: 50 x 5 x 30

X Hole (If there is one): 7/8'' Hole on the Axis 2'' Deep

LANE CONDITION

Length: Multiple

Volume: Multiple

Type (THS, Sport Pattern etc): Multiple


COMMENTS

Likes: Very strong off of the spot and continuous through the pins

Dislikes: None

This ball is absolutely amazing. I didn't think there could have been a ball that would have hooked more than the Nightmare, and they just keep doing. Machuga said it best in the video for DV8, this ball just flat out hooks. You can put it on ice, and it would hook. I had used it at the 2013 Insidebowling.com Open, and it worked pretty well there for me. As well, I have used it on my local house shots, and I am at least 5 boards to the left with my feet than I normally would be.

The great part is that it looks like sometimes it is going to just keep going right when I throw it that way, and then all of a sudden, it gets a huge burst of energy, comes back left and destroys the pins, sending them everywhere. It is now hard for me to get that ball out of my hand, because it is so good.

Jason "Animation" Woolem

The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer and not of Brunswick Corporation.