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Onager Online Stats Page

On this page you will find all the vital statistics related to Punkin Chunkin (Human Powered) for the Onager, as well as all the top competitors. But before we get to the numbers, here are the competition rules:

Punkin Chunkin Rules - Human Powered Division

1. Pumpkins must weigh between 8 and 10 pounds.

2. Pumpkins must leave the machine intact.

3. No part of the machine shall cross the starting line.

4. Best of 3 Throws Wins!

5. Machines shall have either springs, rubber cords, counter-weights,compressed air or any other device which uses the stored power of 1 (one) human being in a maximum period of 2 minutes.

Onager Stats:

Below you will find valuable statistics for the Onager. In the tables are distances the Onager has thrown in various Punkin Chunkin Competitions. In each of these contests, the Onager competed in the Human Powered Division (except for the Busti competition - Catapult was the category).

1995

Competition

Distance

Placed

Deep Creek, Md

147 ft 

2nd 

World Championships

246 ft

4th

1996

Competition

 Distance Placed
World Championships

398 ft

3rd

1997

Competition

 Distance Placed
World Championships

581 ft

2nd

1998

Competition

 Distance Placed

Morton, Ill.

558 ft

1st

Raleigh, NC

521 ft

1st

World Championships

794 ft

2nd

1999

Competition

 Distance Placed

Busti, NY

930 ft

3rd

Raleigh, NC

690 ft

3rd
World Championships

1,119 ft

2nd

Punkin Chunkin Competition Stats:

Below are the distances tossed by the top 3 finishers in each competition. All results shown here are for the Human Powered Division (with the exception of the Busti contest - it was simply a Catapult division). If you know of any errors, if you can fill in any of the few blank boxes, or if you have the results of other Chunkin contests not listed here please e-mail me so I can update this page.

1995

Competition

First Place

Machine/Dist.

Second Place

Machine/Dist.

Third Place

Machine/Dist.

Deep Creek Lake

GCARE/352 ft

 Onager/147 ft DNRRangers/144 ft

World Championships

Gene's Machine/526 ft

?

Blue Hen Bomber?/

1996

Competition

First Place

Machine/Dist.

Second Place

Machine/Dist.

Third Place

Machine/Dist.

World Championships

Gene's Machine/576 ft

Adams Packer/412 ft

Onager/398 ft

1997

Competition

First Place

Machine/Dist.

Second Place

Machine/Dist.

 Third Place

Machine/Dist.

Morton, Ill

Junker Chunker/137 ft

?

?

World Championships

Gene's Machine/866 ft

Onager/ 581 ft

Adam's Packer/545 ft

1998

Competition

First Place

Machine/Dist.

Second Place

Machine/Dist.

Third Place

Machine/Dist.

Morton, Ill

Onager/558 ft

Splat-a-Tude 2000/102 ft

?

Raleigh, NC

Onager/521 ft

Pumpkin Slayer/305 ft

Pump Capult/304 ft

World Championships

Gene's Machine/1,195 ft

Onager/794 ft

Jack-O-Launcher/743 ft

1999

Competition

First Place

Machine/Dist.

Second Place

Machine/Dist.

Third Place

Machine/Dist.

Busti, NY

Gene's Machine/1280 ft

?/990 ft

Onager/930 ft

Morton, Ill

Manual Lobber/507 ft

Perpetual Velocity Chunker/305 ft

Y2K Pumpkin Puker III/123 ft

Raleigh, NC

Melon Musketeers/943 ft

Pumpkin Slayer/894 ft

Onager/690 ft

World Championships

Gene's Machine/1,327 ft

Onager/1,119 ft

Pumpkin Slayer/1,095 ft

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