World Championship Punkin Chunkin Association has decided it would rather keep the Punkin Chunkin tradition alive somewhere else than let it die a Delmarva tradition.
The Cape Gazette reports that Delaware has until May 1 for a local landowner to provide a site that’s at least 600 acres. Once that deadline passes, the Association will begin looking for a site elsewhere in the United States.
The event, which started small in Lewes in 1986, grew to a huge, high-tech event in Bridgeville by the ’10s, with logistics so complicated that only one event was held since 2013. That event, in 2016, was marred by the serious injury of a producer for the Science Channel, a major sponsor of that year’s event. The Science Channel pulled its sponsorship and the event has yet to recover.
For information about site requirements, contact the association at info@punkinchunkin.com.
