I drilled my Freak with the pin 5 inches from my axis below the fingers and the MB on the VAL.

The Freak gave me strong backend with better than expected length with a box matte finish. I tried to throw it on a shorter pattern and it tended to stop a little, however when the carrydown gets down the lane, it looks great. I bowled on a wood surface in the afternoon and the ball was amazing. Other balls were overskidding if I got too deep where this ball was still driving and hitting. I was truly amazed with its reaction strength and carry even on a broken down wood surface which usually means strong shells are out.

More to come, hope this helps!!!

Ok, just punched mine up yesterday.  Bowled 6 six games on two different patterns.

Ball Specs: - 15.2 starting wt. 4in pin, 2 1/2 top wt.

Bowler - Right handed, power player, not high power just power...so I guess a tweener, fair amount of hand and revs, 17-18mph speed, PAP 5 3/4 over 3/4up.

Wanted to drill the ball with a Pin 1 or 2, MB 3 position, but with the location of the MB and the far pin, just couldn't do it.  Ended up going with a Pin2 MB 1 on Tracks Freak Drill Sheet...Pin above fingers and to the right a bit and MB to the left of thumb (or 5X6 almost)
 
First pattern was typical house shot, maybe a little heavier on the oil, length 40 ft.  Was playing 20-12 and then 15-8.  This ball was great...just like other people have said, the more you hit it, the more it moves.  Soft at the line, still a nice arc shaped breakpoint..a little bit more at the release point and much more angular.  

Second patter was flat, 37ft..supposedly what they are using at this years Asia games.  Had to move much deeper to get this ball into the 1-3.  Fourth-Fifth arrow out to 10.  Had to be very soft with the hand to keep this ball to the right.  Mind you, this wasn't the best ball for this condition...but it still was playable.  

What I liked about this ball on either condition was the HIT.  Keeps the pins very low to the deck.  It seems to gain speed in the last 10 ft just looking to destroy the pins.  

Will post another review after a regular league night and an upcoming tourney.

Scott Long
a.k.a PBAFIRE....keep burning up the PINS!

Well, I got this ball drilled.....and I have to say, it was scary. Just to see how it was, i used it on the challenge shot my house puts out for our big league, 42 feet buffed to 46. This ball was able to recover like I have never seen before. It is incredible, It honestly is like it turns harder and just puts it's head down and shoulders up and moves faster....nay, charges faster towards the pocket want to rip through the pin deck....I am scared that if i threw this ball and a pin chaser was walking behind the lane the Freak might try to go straight through everything and take off his leagues as well. Though my hand, plus the amount of backend this ball posseses has caused me to leave a few more raps...incredible.


side note, my brother (a power stroker only because he throws about 22 mph...) got this ball drilled. He has not had a ball like this, it is great. I have never seen him be able to swing the ball more than 10 boards on a fresh shot until now.

Likes: it took me a while to find the rigth ball, but now i got my Freak
one my my favorite balls ,i have no complains about the freak
very nice hook,powerful hit, high on backends.
Dislikes: when the lanes get dry , go with another ball because the freak
wont get the job done,i try to bowl with it, i left a lot of spares.


Overall review is a10 because the Freak is a great ball
and it met my expections.i went to try my new freak , i bowl 4 games with it scores where 1game 178 2game 222 3game 211 and 4 game 202.
i had people coming over to watch me bowl .even do the price is high but it was worth it.I drill my freak
with 3 3/8 from the pin with a balance hole and inserts.when the lanes are dry i use my monster smachR it works good
even do it says for medium to oily lanes, well it works for me on dry lane

Freak

This will be my third attempt at using Track equipment, my first two balls were the “ EMB “, and I only had moderate success. The EMB delivered a powerful punch but was much to over/ under for me to control.  I had reservations on trying the Freak because of some reviews I had read, they stated it was hard to control, and was either condition or had position specific, I on the other hand have found this ball to be very controllable even with its massive flare/ hook.  

Mine is 14. 4 before drilling, it’s set up 4 x 3 3/8, pin next to and slightly below my ring finger, and the cg in my palm.

This set up gives me a very early read and strong roll through the mid lane, and an absolute pin crushing hit. ( This 14 LB ball hits hard ).

60 to 80 units of oil in the mids, and 20 or so from 10 out, 41 feet. The freak works so well in heavy oil, and is extremely user friendly to hand position and speed changes.  When this ball revs up it stays moving and carries exceptionally well.

I am very impressed and pleased with this high performance core, it delivers a flare band of six inches, and motors up like a well oiled machine.

Great job Track.


Mike Anoles
Plane facts

Freak, 15 lbs, 3.25 oz of tw, 5 inch pin.

Pin to the right of the ring finger, cg down and to the right of the thumb, mass bias is strong position. Balance hole.

Let me start by saying this ball should be outlawed in the lower 48 states. My friends call this "rabies ball" because its like a salivating dog when you pull out the bag. To the review, this is one hard-hitting ball when this ball enters the pocket I sometimes think its going to fly out the back of the pit and continue rolling out of the bowling center. Make no mistake about it, in box surface, which I left it at this ball is without a doubt for oil. I was surprised at the length of this ball im not sure if its the length of the pin or the ball but nonetheless no early burn unless the heads are gone. This ball HITS, and HITS very hard. Far and away the hardest-hitting ball I have ever seen. I used this ball on a worn guardian surface with a flat 46 ft pattern. Typical long, flat pattern. Played 12-7 and destroyed the pocket while others were struggling to get the ball to wrinkle the Freak was laughing at the oil all the way down the lane. Once the heads go put this away because it will be weak 10 city. If you have oil you need a "rabies ball" or a Freak as Track calls it.

I have put off reviewing this ball to make sure I really had a good feel of this ball.  First my specs.  I have high ball speed about 20 mph.  I have average till a little higher revs.  I have the freak drilled with the pin to the right of the fingers and the mass bias to the right and of the thumb hole.  If you look at the drill sheet it is pin placement 3 and inbetween mass bias placement 2 and 3.  After a few games I had a weight hole put in the ball to tame the reaction some.

I have found out that in my opinion there are not a ton of conditions you can throw this ball in.  You need quite a bit of oil out there to throw it, but if you get too much carry down it just doesn't seem to finish as hard of course how many balls do you find that really do.  In the situation of a ton of carry down a lot of times I would rather go to a tamer ball that will get through the heads and gain the angle at the pocket by moving right.  One thing you will not do with this ball is move right.  

This ball is pretty speed sensitive.  Get a little slow and it will skid then snap right off the lane.  Get a little fast and it will really slide through the break point.  This has been good for me because it has forced me to work on controlling my ball speed.  When you get really consistent with the ball speed though this ball reads the lane condition like you would not believe.  It is very consistent.

It is a pretty angular reaction.  My last heavy oil ball was the Reaction Roll and this is a lot different move.  This ball is very flippy.  

I think for right now the jury is still out on this ball.  I have even considered polishing this ball to get it to go a little longer to possibly be able to use it in more conditions.  So, after the ball hits the spinner I will let you all know how it changes the reaction.  For right now I would give the ball a 6 out of 10 overall.  If you are talking heavy oil balls only I would say a 9 out of 10.

If I left anything out that you want to know message me and I will add it.  This is my first try at a review so any critisim will help.