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title: "Watch a Pro Bowler Throw the World’s Fastest Strike in a Ford Mustang NASCAR Racer"
description: "The roll clocked in at a whopping 140 mph thanks to gobs of horsepower and stellar aim."
date: "2019-09-23"
modified: "2019-09-24"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Chin"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-chin"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/29969/watch-a-pro-bowler-throw-the-worlds-fastest-strike-in-a-ford-mustang-nascar-racer"
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  - "Ford News"
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  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Coupe"
  - "Ford"
  - "Mustang"
  - "sports car"
---

# Watch a Pro Bowler Throw the World’s Fastest Strike in a Ford Mustang NASCAR Racer

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2019/09/Jason-Belmonte-and-Aric-Almirola-GoBowling-Worlds-Fastest-Strike-Sept-2019.jpg>)
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The game of bowling might have a simple premise but trying to achieve a consistently high score in every frame requires a delicate balance of speed and aim. According to various studies, a bowling ball is most effective at knocking down pins when it’s traveling at a [speed](<https://www.twz.com/29705/this-video-of-a-rocket-sled-doing-6599mph-at-holloman-afb-is-absolute-insanity>) of around 18 miles per hour. You can imagine, then, how crazy of a challenge it was for Australian pro-bowler Jason Belmonte to set the World GoBowling record for the fastest strike ever at 140 mph.

How did he do it?

Well, he needed a bit of help, first off; Belmonte teamed up with Stewart-Haas Racing [NASCAR driver](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/27758/nascar-is-terrible-and-formula-1-is-boring-start-watching-wrc>) Aric Almirola to complete the task. The premise was simple: At Charlotte Motor Speedway, the duo set up 10 pins near the end of a long straightaway. Almirola would then pilot his [Ford Mustang NASCAR Cup racer](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/29169/pro-bowl-nfl-player-turns-heads-by-driving-725-hp-nascar-ford-mustang-to-practice>) around the track where it could reach its top speed. Then, Belmonte would release a bowling ball in hopes of striking and knocking down all 10 pins.

But obviously, Belmonte didn’t hang his arm out the window at such speeds with a full-sized bowling ball. Instead, the team was given a set of custom-made rubberized bowling balls designed specifically for the task, a must when you consider that normal bowling balls are typically made of hard resin that could shatter if thrown out of a moving car at high speeds.

After several tries, Belmonte and Almirola were able to score a strike on the last attempt before coming to a rest to let the car cool down.

Check out the video below and before you think about trying it yourself, just know that it takes a little more than high speed and homegrown ingenuity to set a record like this.

https://youtube.com/embed/fYwI8jAtRRU

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