The Victory Road is Storm’s latest addition to the Thunder line of bowling balls. It uses a new modified version of the Fe² core that was used in the HyRoad. This new inverted Fe³ Technology core slightly lowered the RG and raised the diff on the Victory Road. Storm wrapped this new core with their proven R2S reactive pearl cover. The combination provides bowlers with a ball that skids through the heads and picks up aggressively toward the end of the midlane, creating a massive back end reaction.

All three testers found this hockey stick-shaped reaction best suited for our medium test pattern. On that pattern, Tweener had the best reaction. The added angularity allowed him to play deeper in the oil pattern without sacrificing any pin carry. Stroker’s and Cranker’s ball reactions weren’t far behind that of Tweener’s. Stroker was able to ...