Bring a spare ball and an old urethane ball if you have one. I finished in the top 100 a few years back using a black Rhino Pro. It came out the same time as the purple one, but was the urethane version. Spares, spares, spares. That's all that matters. One lane will be dry as a parking lot, then next will be 60 feet of so much oil, you will see a rooster tail of oil behind your ball. Honestly, the best way to throw strikes is to aim brooklyn. Seriously. Pocket hits leave nothing but 5-10's, 8-10's, you name it. This is the only place you can leave a 5-7-10 and no one laughs at you! The racks are that bad....Just throw is hard at the head pin and hope for the best. Lane one is a ton of fun too. The wall starts right at the left gutter. 10-pins are not fun on that lane.
