WCPC 2010 - Day 2
Posted Nov 06, 2010 by Matt | Tags: launches, WCPC
Another day gone at the 2010 World Championships of Punkin Chunkin. Some interesting results. The Day 1 leaders, Pumpkin Hammer, added counterweight and didn't change their sling, resulting in a late release netting them a much shorter shot than Friday's 1979. They have added more weight for Sunday, allegedly 2000 pounds total, and tweaked pin/sling. Time will tell if that gets them over the hump. American Chucker chucked their throwing arm 100 feet downrange and the pumpkin maybe 1300 or so, so they retain their day 1 shot as well which was just under 1800 feet. First in Fright added 300 pounds to his counterweight, tweaked his tuning, and blasted a TREMENDOUS 1920 shot, moving it into a close second place. Rumor has it that they are adding more weight tomorrow.
Tired Iron upped to 1443 feet, still 4th. Hokie Hurler struggled again, not sure on the distance but it was similar to yesterday's 850, possibly less. Launch-Ness Monster added 2000 pounds of counterweight and reached a little over 1200 feet. We squeaked a few more feet out of Medieval Postal Service, getting a shot of 1101.42. With Prawn getting 1128, we actually dropped a slot to 8th.
Chucky 3 pied, Roman Revenge shot 1800, and Onager shot 1200. Ethos also pied, but Mista Ballista got off a nice shot of over 800 feet. That is the news from Day 2. Should be a fun Day 3 tomorrow.
