You ALL are thinking too small! Here's the REAL DEAL! Welcome to my birthplace-Slower Lower, Sussex County Delaware-the birthplace of Punkin' Chunkin!:
http://www.punkinchunkin.com/
Ever seen a pumpkin fly over a mile?
http://science.discovery.com/tv/punkin-chunkin/
This testament to gourd and visionaries with too much time on their hands takes place in Bridgeville, DE on the first weekend in November. There is nothing more beautiful than experiencing a pressurized cannon firing a pumpkin and watching it quickly become an ever shrinking dot until is disappears out of site.
God, I LOVE my place of birth, Sussex County, DE!!!