Track
Tundra Blue Fire
PatternStTwCr
Oily:
Medium:
Dry:
Sport:

(1-10 in order of Stroker (ST), Tweener (TW), Cranker (CR))

Coverstock Info
Name:
DR-6 Pearl (HK22)
Type:
Reactive Pearl
Box Finish:
500 / 1000 / 1500 SiaAir / Factory Compound
Color:
Blue
Core Info
Name:
Track Symmetric
Type:Symmetrical
RG:2.561
Total Diff:0.030
Int. Diff:NA

The Tundra Blue Fire burns its way into the Track lineup for the summer season. This ball uses the same Track Symmetric core design as the Tundra Fire, with a change to the coverstock. The Blue Fire uses the HK22-based DR-6 Pearl veneer, which is stronger than the DR-5 Pearl cover from the Tundra Fire. This more aggressive shell picked up better in the oil, cutting down the length and taming down the response off the breakpoint. We saw this ball offer more continuation at the back end compared to the original Tundra Fire. Its motion was very good for all three of our bowlers on our medium oil and dry test patterns.

Compared to the Tundra Fire, Stroker liked the additional total hook he saw from the Tundra Blue Fire on the medium oil pattern. The ball read the lane much better and earlier than the Tundra Fire, keeping it from over-skidding. He needed to scuff the shell on that ball for this pattern, but the Tundra Blue Fire picked up much better in the midlane with the box finish, providing enough hook and traction to strike. He was able...

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Performance Ratings

NameValueComments
Torque
(1-10)
Length
(1-25)
Back End
(1-20)
Total Hook
(1-100)

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