Well, I'm not a loyal Track guy; I just kind of rediscovered the brand this year with the Machine series.
I would wager that Del Warren had a major hand in that release. All I know is I threw a bunch of Track balls I hated until the Machine came up, and then the Mean Machine.
The last Track ball I had before my Machine and MM was a red Enforcer reactive. It was a very good ball, even if my bridge cracked all to hell. But it wasn't a great ball. The last "great" Track I threw was the old Sensor II Xcel (purple pearl). I'd love to find one of those NIB again.
This year, I've bought the Machine, the MM, the Solution PPEX and the Arsenal Angular. I love the first three; the Angular is still giving me fits. Three out of four ain't bad, though, I guess.
Up until this year, I'd been a loyal Storm customer and will still probably purchase a greater amount of Storm in the future than Track. But until Warren left the company, I would have always given Track a look, anyway. Now, I'm not so sure. It will be critical for the next Track designer to pick up where Del left off, because just about every Track ball from 2005 back to the late 1990s did not work well for me at all.
What I'm most perplexed by is the fact Del ended up at Kegel, which is like General Patton going to Japan to teach military strategy. Everything Kegel has worked for in regards to the standard ball initiative seems to be to get people out of aggressive, assymetrical equipment and into basically a big plastic marble. I don't trust Kegel and I'm confused by Del working for them.
As for Track in general, I'll be watching with a skeptical eye.
Jess
