A different story. I'm a mid 180's bowler. Last night I rolled a decidedly unexceptional 530 using the Track Solution Power Plus EX and the Desert Heat. I thought I would tell this just because it's not a 700 story just a very ordinary night using a new ball to start off with. Lanes started off moderately dry which was the precise reason I had just purchased the Solution PP EX. And it worked, as long as I hit my mark, which was a problem all night. This was the first time I used the ball and had it drilled ring finger about an inch to the left of the pin. Nothing exceptional. I hit the pocket and got tapped on my first ball of the night, and promptly missed the 10 pin. After that it was alternating two strikes and a split, two strikes and a split, two strikes, nine spare and nine count in the 10th. All for an average 183. Each split was my fault, pulling the ball. Second game, lanes breaking down even more, having to adjust a board or two every other shot. Couldn't seem to buy a strike as I wasn't hitting the pocket very well. Of course hitting my mark with some degree of consistency would have helped. The Solution PP EX is a great ball if you hit your mark. If you miss to the right (being right handed, oh, I was playing over the 10 board down and in, or trying to that is)it will try to come back but not quite make it. If you pull it, if there is oil in the center, will hit the head pin with the usual results. In the 6th frame, I switched to the Desert Heat because the Solution was breaking too much. (The Desert Heat is drilled with the bridge directly under the pin, holes squarely in the Track logo.) Opened in the 10th with a split. 170 game score. In the third....ended up with a 177, opening in the 10th once more when my Columbia Blue Dot hooked three boards. (That's twice this week that has happened to me. Really dry out there.) Still, the Desert Heat amazed me once more with it's power. When I hit the pocket, the pins didn't have a chance. It was just that I was terrible last night. And I still had a 530. Speaks well for Track bowling balls. A couple of things I noticed. First of all, on dry lanes (not scorched with no oil present anywhere), with still some oil scattered about, if you hit your mark, the Solution PP Ex and Desert Heat will destroy the pins. If you miss, especially to the right of your mark, the ball will try to come back, and you might get lucky with carry, but more often it won't quite make it. This is unlike the Machine, Robo Rule, Exception, Exception 5.0 which are more forgiving, in my opinion. Secondly, these moderately priced Track balls still hit like...well like Tracks! Especially true of the Desert Heat which is the equal in power to any other ball, or at least close to it, or even more powerful, I believe. It's a wonder.
Conclusion....even if you're struggling, Tracks still hit like tanks, and can get you out of a lot trouble. As it was...if I had hit a 10 pin in the first game it would have been in the 190's, if I hadn't opened in the tenth in the last two games I would have had scores in the 180's at least. Great equipment Track. Now...how about a particle pearl with the core of the machine? :-)
Chuck
