The Fuel is an even arcing ball for medium to medium heavy oil.  The ball gives you control and a heavy roll for excellent carry.  For those that have used Pulses, Tour Powers, or El Nino 2000s, but would like something that could handle more oil this is it.

An interesting characteristic of the ball is that when the lanes start to dry, you can go deeper and cross more boards.  The ball continues through the pins with very little roll out.  With an arcing ball, I expected a hit flat when I started crossing boards, but this did not occur.

The ball was a 15 lb, 2-3 inch pin, with 3.75 top before drilling.  The ball was drilled with the pin 4 inched from the PAP and at the same level of the fingers.  The CG and mass bias stacked was stacked under the pin.  I throw medium to slow speed without a lot of hand.  However, the amount of rotation I put on the ball matches my speed to get results.

Put Some Fuel in your Game!

After a very busy summer of Trade Shows and learning about the "Fuel" a few months ago, we were excited to finally get the chance to drill one and try this baby for ourselves! We used a "Label Leverage" drilling with the pin 3-3/8" from the PAP and the CG. in the palm area.

Looking at the weight block design my first impression is that this ball will not produce very much hook unless I rip the cover at release! Boy were we Wrong! This ball FLAT OUT MOVES!!!! With its Super Sure Grip Particle coverstock this ball "Even Shined-Up!" will get down the lane and make a Very Strong "Angular" move to the pocket! with the hitting power of two "Semi-Trucks" Loaded from end to end! This ball crushes everything! including ten pins and seven pins!

*Side note,
(Roto-Grip balls are made by Storm for those of you who did not know)

We started out on a broken down league condition for our test and found this ball was too strong out of the box rolling only 4 frames. With a trip to the ball spinner and some "Black Magic" ball polish, this ball came to life!

We were able to play anywhere on the lane! We could go down & in! We could play inside out! We could play up the ditch! it did not matter where we stood, we could get this ball to the pocket and strike!!

The new core design with the added "PowerHalo" allows for this ball to "Retain" alot of energy for the break point and then gives it the muscle to turn the corners hard! And with the added PBT technology,(PowerBall) this ball has tremendous hitting power!

Those of you who do not have good release skills will find in this ball one that will "Forgive You!" Those of you who can change your release to adapt to different lane conditions will find in this ball a tool that will replace three balls in your bag! The coverstock has a great range depending on how you adjust it!

Overall, this is one ball that impressed me the most this summer at the Trade Shows, and will be one of those balls that just does not get alot of attention because of the "Roto-Grip" label still does not having alot of Proshops around the country who carry and promote their products! Many bowlers will miss out on this great ball because of that!

We are Highly Recommending this ball to all bowlers and suggest that if you want to experience the power of a Roto-Grip ball? Get this one Today!

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3" pin, 3.2 TW, 15#.   RH stroker type.  High track.   Pin even with fingers, 3/4" from ring finger.   MB below, and 1" to right of thumbhole.   38' fresh oil, AMF synthetics, typical house pattern.   Out of box seems like a ringing 10 pin or 4 pin every squared up pocket hit.  3/4 or 1/2 pocket hits, pins traveling to side and on the deck.   This ball a little different.   Don't know what yet.  Going to tweak the surface some for this bowler and see what happens.

I had this beauty drilled up "sorta" 5 x 3 but with pin below ring finger w/weight hole on PAP and left it with it's sheen finish.

I used this ball the first time on wood lanes with some pretty heavy oil.  It came back ok, but just rolling mellow and then crashing the pocket. Shot 649, not too shabby.

I then used this ball on the shot that I had it drilled up for.  ABSOLUTELY NIIIIIIICE!!  I'm used to shooting on 7-7 synthetics with some out of bounds and with some good backend reaction.  THIS shot was 10-10 wet, 9-5 dry, and 5 out.....BONE DRY and not to mention SCREAMING BACKENDS.  

So anyways, I pulled this baby out and gave it a shot, and a good one too!  Shot 268...192...265 for 725.  Not bad considering I tried to do extra with the ball in the second game and not letting the ball kill the shot. This ball just loved staying in the dry area and then just coming back and blasting the pocket like a couple of Biker buddies in a bar fight with some computer nerds!

Two things I have noticed so far is that not only is this ball very controllable (possibly the best I've thrown in a while besides the Pearl Assault) but this ball is officially the "go-to" ball for harder shots.  And another thing is that you can't, and I repeat, CAN'T do anything extra to make it do more, because it doesn't need the help.  It'll just do the work itself.

Roto-Grip has made a customer out of me!  Good ball guys!!
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That Is All,
Chris P

I am a high revs, high speed bowler.  What a HOOKER!  This ball requires a whole lot of oil.  I tried using this ball in out of box condition and I couldn't find a place to throw it.  But on the oil it is absolutely incredible.  I shined it all the way up and immediately following I shot my first ever 299 with this ball.  When it comes to an oil ball this is it.  This ball has absolutely NO PROBLEM with any over/under reaction.  So if you are looking for something very predictable on the oil this is a great ball.  If you bowl in a city like Pittsburgh and there aren't any centers with enough oil for this ball then choose something less aggressive.

I did not keep this ball for long and that was a major mistake.  She was a monster on the lanes.  Drilled 3 3/8 stacked weight hole on my PAP. Ripped the rack consitently.  I traded it for the Response(BIG MISTAKE). Sometimes the grass looks greener on the other side but it's not.  Awesome ball w/  excellent carry.  This one handled oil and carry down very good.  Nothing stopped it but a lot of polish.

Ball Specs: 15lbs. pin to the right of the ring finger gc kicked out about 2" from center weight hole in thumb quadrant. Got this ball used. In factory condition I found this ball did well on mediums but wasn't enough for heavier patterns. I bowl mostly on wood lanes that aren't stripped but once or twice a week so carrydown is always present. I scuffed the surface with a green scotchbrite and the ball came alive. It still gets thru the heads but gave me a better midlane reaction and a smoother backend. Carrydown does not seem to effect this ball. When it makes its move it keeps right on going. It is a very nice arc to the pocket. I have a swamp monster and this ball is definitely stronger. I haven't been able to throw it on a sport shot yet but I can't wait. If you need a medium heavy oil ball to cut through the carry down I would highly recommend this ball. My specs are in my profile.

Thanks for reading, cooksey