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Track_Fanatic

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Ball-A-Day Giveaway defunct
« on: November 06, 2006, 09:12:33 AM »
It was bound to happen.  Del is gone, and now the ball-a-day giveaway is gone.  To all that won, way to go to.  For the ones that didn't(like myself) we tried.  And for those that won twice, go to a casino or play the lottery!
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Re: Ball-A-Day Giveaway defunct
« Reply #31 on: November 08, 2006, 08:24:21 AM »
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Well, here is the history lesson:

In 1972 a man by the name of Dick Hass from Kent/Ravena Oh. bought the Manhattan Rubber plant in Lagrange Georgia.

By 1975 he was calling his company Star Trak. Some of his blems were called Star Traxxx.

From 1975-1990 he made urethane bowling balls. That is right! Urethane came out in 1975 with the MSG Star Trak. This ball had a very small styrofoam core surrounded by a deep pancake block covered in 2 inches solid urethane.

Dick made the MSG Star Trak, the Star Trak Pro, The Pro S, The Force 1, 2, 3 and 10, X15 red, X15 blue, the ST10, The Equalizer red, blue and black, The Equalizer 2, and the Reactor series. In 1989 Dick went bankrupt, and the urethane provider took over the company and changed the name to Track, Inc.

The reason for the bankruptcy was non payment of taxes, poor quality control, core separation and no market. Dick simply was not a businessman but his core designs for the time were as revolutionary as anything that Mo Pinel or John Fabanich came up with years later. It was hard competing against the Black Hammer, Columbia Black U Dot, The Ebonite Thunderbolt,  and AMF Black Angle.

Other small companies like Gem Tek, Eureka, and others quickly went out of business due to no distributorship.

When Del and I emailed a few times, he said he remembered Dicks bowling balls and actually threw some on tour when Dick bowled the tour in the 1970's and 80's. After Star Trak went bankrupt, Dick Hass sold the "Buddy bags." If it were not for Dick Hass, there would be no Track today.

Early Track balls are actually Star Traks with a Track Logo.

The Star Trak Force 10 is a Track 10
The Star Trak Equalizer is a Track Enforcer
The Star Trak Reactor is a Track Pearl
The Star Trak x15 is a Track T Shark

There ave been 100's of ball companies come and go over the past 40 years. I remember most of them, and most are gone and more will come and go.

It is the nature of the business. Bowlers are always wanting the next fix for their game.



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Bowlingdoorman
Wow what a history lesson, just a few corrections, the urethane supplier "Seegott" Solon Ohio didn't take over the plant he recouped his money by having balls built in the plant in Ohio. Having collected most of the money owed to him for urethanes purchased and not paid for by Star Trax he and I had the plant closed and sold the machines to several different ball companies in order to get the balance due us. We than approached Columbia to build the Track Balls ( the brand he and I started)in 1991 we sold the brand to Columbia.
You are totally correct in saying why Hass 's business failed, he was notorious for giving away product and getting involved in promotions that generated little to no return on investment.
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rge

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Re: Ball-A-Day Giveaway defunct
« Reply #32 on: November 08, 2006, 01:53:18 PM »
I believe I have a Star Trak bowling ball somewhere in my garage.  If memory serves me correctly it is a robin's egg blue color.  Does this sound familiar to anyone?  It seems to me it came out around the time Brunswick developed their LT-48.
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Re: Ball-A-Day Giveaway defunct
« Reply #33 on: November 08, 2006, 02:17:23 PM »
I loved Track's older stuff. The Shark was one of my all time favorites. The Code Reds, NRG, Synergies were all outstanding stuff. Phil, any chance you might be able to dig up a 15# Plastic Enforcer from the depths of the warehouse? Also, didn't the Enforcer come with a drill sheet that had 20-something different ways to drill it? Oh, how about coming out with a ball that has the NRG core with a new coverstock. That ball was B-A-D!
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Re: Ball-A-Day Giveaway defunct
« Reply #34 on: November 08, 2006, 05:26:27 PM »
When people begin to throw 300's with the new Track equipment all of this will be an afterthought.

Although I didn't win a ball, thanks for the opportunity Track.

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Re: Ball-A-Day Giveaway defunct
« Reply #35 on: November 08, 2006, 06:46:08 PM »
bowlingdoorman,

Thanks for the history lesson.  I have a Star Trak Force ball - which one I dont know offhand, might be a 3, just saw it the other day when I was moving some balls around - it's blue, that's all I remember.  Also own a Eureka Tank.



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Re: Ball-A-Day Giveaway defunct
« Reply #36 on: November 11, 2006, 11:47:20 AM »
I am not sure why it is so important that they explain why it was cancelled.  I heard so much complaining on this site that I would have cancelled it a month ago.  People complained about there specs, how long it took to receive the ball, they hadn't receive there email notification yet and some people had won twice and they hadn't won once.  
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dw23

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Re: Ball-A-Day Giveaway defunct
« Reply #37 on: November 11, 2006, 11:56:31 AM »
This is crazy. The balls were free. They gave away a lot of balls for nothing but a little publicity. It's over. Let it go people.
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Re: Ball-A-Day Giveaway defunct
« Reply #38 on: November 11, 2006, 01:03:48 PM »
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This is crazy. The balls were free. They gave away a lot of balls for nothing but a little publicity. It's over. Let it go people.
 


I agree. You people that are complaining, name one other company that was as generous as Track was at giving balls away......

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Re: Ball-A-Day Giveaway defunct
« Reply #39 on: November 11, 2006, 01:28:08 PM »
You know....if someone was to, sometime on tuesday night, put a new ball in my 2006 F150 4 door Black and silver truck sitting outside a bowling center on Austin highway in San Antonio, TX., I guess I would be inclined to give Track another shot. " Hint Hint ".
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