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Tim Janz dominates 2023 MAST Year End Invitational qualifying on challenging Kegel Mercury lane pattern

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Saturday, April 1, 2023 8:00 pm
Tim Janz dominates 2023 MAST Year End Invitational qualifying on challenging Kegel Mercury lane pattern
Tim Janz. Photo by USBC.
Tim Janz bowled like he was on his favorite house shot in the 2023 MAST Year End Invitational qualifying at Ten Pin Alley in Fitchburg on Saturday. But it wasn’t a house shot — it was Kegel Element Challenge Mercury 4940, a 40-foot pattern with a 38-foot drop brush and 25.545 mL of oil — 13.98 mL forward and 11.565 mL reverse — left-side ratios of 4.91-1 middle-outside track, 1.52-1 middle-middle track and 1-1 middle-inside track, and right-side ratios of 4.82-1...