Wow! Really impressed with Rob Schatz (BR Member RDS) Track Amateur staff member. I was lucky enough to meet him at Rose Bowl, here in Portland, Oregon for a practice session. RDS had a full arsenal of track equipment - Mean Machine, Machine, Equation, Inertia, Arsenal Artillery, Delta Rule, and Track Spare ball. He was gracious enough to freely let me roll any of the balls he had brought with him. Lucky for me, his span was very close to mine and only had to pack the thumb with a magic carpet insert to make up for the difference in thumb size. And really strange, he had the same PAP (high tracker). (how many times does this happen? unreal).
First off, I had never thrown a Track Ball, primarily using vendors Storm, Roto Grip, and Brunswick. What a surprise that Track had in store for me. These ball's hit hard. Started with a ball of interest to me, the Equation. Unbeliveable ball for the money, then further up the food chain to the Machine. Wow the machine glided down the lanes, hit superbly. That was day 1. Totally impressed.
I ran into Rob again the next day for another practice session, threw the Mean Machine, Interia, and Arsenal Artillery. The Mean Machine and Interia impressed so much. The Mean Machine, their flagship ball, glides down alley with perfection, hooking a bunch, but wierdly controlled, never did I feel a nervous flip ... always just seemed to be "forgiving", it did need head oil (RDS assured me on this point, been there done that); which we happened to have on this day. The Mean Machine is in a class all it's own. I ended up buying the Mean Machine, on the spot. Also, have ordered the Equation. I wish everyone would have a chance to test drive these balls, they are really that outstanding of product, no bs.
Kudos again to Rob, a great guy and true gentleman, Track is lucky to have him on their amateur staff, he is totally sold on the product and extremely knowledgeable about the Track product line, and the various reactions that the balls exhibit.
I was already hanging around as a passive Legion member, now I am making a commitment to really get on the Fasttrack. I'm with ya, Legion fasttrackers.
On the Technical side, I jotted down the layouts of the balls that interested me.
Mean Machine 2 inch pin out. 4 X 5 X 5.5MB (pin to right side of ring finger)
Equation 3.5 inch pin out. 4.5 X 4.5 (pin to right side of ring finger)
Inertia 2.5 inch pin out. 5 X 3.5 X 5MB (pin under ring finger)
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KEG LERX
"The pins adhere to the law of the "Golden Rule"."
Ball Arsenal Registry (includes drilling Specs) @ Allbowling.comEdited on 9/1/2006 10:38 AM
