Fire Ball

Fire Ball
A Ring of Fire ride at a fair in 2014
Manufacturer	Larson International
Previous names	Super Loops (1970s) Ring of Fire (1988)

The Fire Ball is a type of amusement ride manufactured by Larson International.^[1] It replaced a series of Larson rides manufactured prior to its unveiling, the first being the Super Loops and the second being the Ring of Fire. The ride features a roller coaster-type train which rolls along a ring-shaped track, turning riders upside down at the top of the loop. Older models of this ride type have trains with each half of the train facing opposite directions, with a protective metal cage and a rigid lap bar restraining the riders. In 1998, Larson introduced a new roofless, open-air train with over-the-shoulder harnesses and seats that sit riders face-to-face with each other.^[2] Some owners of the older Ring of Fire rides have had the caged train replaced with the new Fire Ball train.^{[citation needed]}

Though the ride share similarities with that of a roller coaster, notably having a train which rolls along a track, it is often not considered as such since the ride is powered by motorized drive tires, and not by gravity like a roller coaster.