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2,560-pound pumpkin sets record at weigh-off

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A pumpkin weighing 2,560 pounds set a new U.S. record on Monday at the 49th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in northern California.

The giant gourd was presented at the contest in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco. Minnesota horticulture teacher, Travis Gienger, drove with the pumpkin for 35 hours and won the same contest two years ago.  "Minnesota has a great midyear, but our spring in our parts is really, really tough.

So to do it in Minnesota, it just shouldn’t happen," he told The Associated Press. "It’s like winning the Tour de France on a big wheel.

You know, you can only hope, but it worked." Travis Gienger from Anoka, Minnesota, stands behind his winning pumpkin at the 49th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California, Monday, Oct.

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