I got my EMB drilled up Thursday and had a chance to use it last night.  Its drilled up with the EMB (small logo) in the upper right Quadrant half way between the center line and mid grip line.  The pin is 4 inches from my PAP with the cg under the ring finger 5 inches from the PAP.  Games of 202, 268, 276 last night.  Awesome ball carried whenever hit near the pocket light carry is good high hits trip the 4 and pocket shot blow everything off the lane.  Ball is very versatile wherever you like to play.

Track (EMB) Elliptical Mass Bias-
Ball info- 16#, CG to Pin is 5 3/8”
Drilling(RH)- Pin 3 7/8” from axis (Pap is located 5 7/8” >5/8” ^) above and right of the ring finger, CG is 6 1/4’ from axis located 2” below the center of the grip.
Cover stock texture- Factory polished and scuffed.
Lanes/conditions- Brunswick Pro Anvil, Approx Heads 20units 8 to 8 and 17units at 2 board(left side was 11units) pattern going to 41ft.
Lane play- Was tried from 12 to 20 board at the arrows.This seemed the best area for the conditions so far.
Review-Polished or scuffed the EMB was clean thru the heads with a powerful turn on the backend. Its has good recovery where other balls labored to come back,  the EMB would wind up and make the turn. Tracks flywheel weight block idea looks good and I expect to see it show up again. Deflection was good also.With a little area to work with this ball is a winner and has a high potential.
With carry down and/or dirty pin decks,the polished EMB still made the turn and drove.
But would would start leaving 10pins or wash outs. Scuffing the EMB helped solve this with better control and I recommend a scuffing or a light sanding for the surface if playing fresh oil or a wet/wet condition. Should be a good oiler with the right dull texture. Polished on shorter patterns or conditions with good backends or patterns starting to break down it seems to work good. Its stays in play longer than I would have thought. Just make sure to keep your speed constant and give it some room.
The ball holds pretty good on pulls, but depending on the condition it might cross Brooklyn or it can drive thru the head pin for a split. If just right of the head it should carry a strike.

Being a lefty it took me a little while to line this baby up.  Due to the EMB marking being to the right of a line drawn through the pin and cg. The EMB marking is above the pin unlike other bias points being below the cg.  The cg ended up being on the centre of grip (5 1/4" from PAP) and the pin was 4" from PAP. I didn't get to use it on a house condition and took it straight to Malaysia for the Malaysia International Open.

Kegle did the lanes and the guy there stated it was the hardest pattern he could put down without putting down a reverse block.  The pattern was 37ft in length with ultra clean backends after the wash.

I am a lefty with medium rev's bowling at about 15-16 miles per hour.  I can tell you that I only used this ball about 10 shots in Malaysia and 9 of those were in practice.  It wasn't the length that was the problem it was the dramatic right hand turn when it hit the backend.  This ball was jumping at least 12 boards at a time and the chances of me controlling it on a fresh condition was impossible.  I left splits I never thought possible.  I put it back in the bag and waited until I got home.

I let some other lefties use it back home,  a lower rev person than me who had no problems in turning it (not much deflection when it hit) and a another lefty who hits it harder than me on a ditched house condition.  The guy in league was using a Red Alert Zone and swinging it from 8 out to the edge.  I gave him the EMB to use and after some stray shots found his mark, 16 board out to the edge.  I couldn't believe how much more this ball turned down the backend.  It appeared to accelerate when it hit the backend and did not deflect very much at all.  Very impressive and to date this ball has only left me with 2 seven pins (got to be a good thing).

1 week into having this ball I have elected to take the surface to a 1200 sheen finish.  What a relief!  This ball is definitely more controllable now and has cut back the violent hook I was experiencing before. This ball still goes long and still turns pretty hard without rolling out.   I recommend anyone who is having troubles bowling with this ball to play with the surface a bit.  It has made a considerable difference to my chances of using this ball from game 1.

This ball is a great addition to the TRACK family and I wouldn't be surprised if TRACK brought out another with the same weightblock, maybe a pearl pro-active or something.  This ball takes a little time to get use to but when the surface is fixed up and tune to your specific needs, it is awesome.  Thanks to Brando from brandosproshop.com.au for drilling this baby.  9/10.  

This is probably the best ball track has put out in a while.

But as Bowling this Month said when you can not keep it in the pocket you need to change. When you can keep it in the pocket the strike percentage is over 90 percent for me.

Because I am low track play my pin, cg and emb spot is different than most poeple. But I drill it to go about a little more the half way and break smooth and it works for me.

So I suggest everyone try their own way and have fun with it

Sorry for the Delay on the Review, thought I had already reviewed this ball.

When we received this ball, we also received a brief packet of information on how to layout this ball.  This is a completely new idea in bowling with the Ellipitical Mass Bias being located in the finger quadrant.  With a new concept comes new drillings.

We laid out a couple of these balls, and we placed the EMB at different degrees from the grip line.  One was a 30 degrees from the grip line on the positive side, and another 45 degrees.  The 45 degree layout produce more skid/snap than the 30.  I am sure that there will be a lot of drilling for this ball as time passes.

I on a scale of 1-10, I would give this ball a 6.  The reason it is so low, is because it is not driller friendly, and can result in bad reactions.  We have also heard that drilling sheets have not been included in every ball.  This ball is a great ball when laid out properly.  A different reaction from this ball will give you something different on those tougher shot.  You can change the surface easily to meet each bowlers needs.

If you have any questions, please email me at Bill@buddiesproshop.com.

Thanks
Bill

Hi peeps! Just got my EMB drilled today. Drilled it with the small emb logo one inch to the right of my centerline, with the pin almost next to my ring finger. The cg is close to my center of grip.(like a 2 o'clock) I used the ball in a local tournament here. It's one leg of our national tournament circuit. The lanes were oiled 33-38 feet, buffed to 40, with an out of bounds past the 7 board. The EMB moved like a normal reactive, but snapped harder. I noticed that the ball would rev up more as it entered its roll. It hits hard, but not as I expected it to be. I just got used to Track putting out hard hitting balls that it may have put my expectations a lot higher. It may be due to the carrydown present on the lane, but it hit just like my avenger.(which hits hard already) Left a couple of solid tens, and a solid eight, then a half pocket seven. Overall, it seems it would fit between the Avenger and the Assasin, in reaction description. It's a solid 8.5 on my list.

Tyrone Ongpauco
Philippines

This is a second review because been use it for awhile
This ball is awesome for the last two set that I used I
shot 720 and 689 with two 260 plus games.

This ball seems when it hits the pocket it carries what feels
like 90 to 95 percent of the time. So I reallly like the ball
and hope Track kepts put out like this one.