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Newtown Lions Club’s Great Pumpkin Race Awards Five-Year Winner

By Alissa Silber
Published: Oct 26, 2018 08:00 AM

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With the blow of an air horn, masterfully made pumpkins on wheels whizzed down the hill behind the Edmond Town Hall towards the finish line at the Great Pumpkin Race on October 20.

The annual event, sponsored by the Newtown Lions Club, welcomed children and teens of all ages to try their hand at winning different age-specific races with their specially designed pumpkins.

According to the Newtown Lions Club website, each pumpkin entry was required to have four wheels and have two axles passing through it to qualify.

Since each pumpkin was carved and/or decorated, participants could also enter their pumpkin to win an award for scariest, funniest, or best decorated pumpkin for their age group.

The first place winners for the 2018 Great Pumpkin Race were brother and sister team Noah Masotta, 12, and Ivy Masotta, 8. This year marks Noah’s fifth consecutive win.

Coming in second place were sisters Emma Sheehan, 9, and Maggie Guman, 3.

In addition to the many races and contests, the Town and Country Garden Club provided free pumpkin decorating crafts for children, Lathrop School of Dance offered free Zumba dances with instructor Megan Sajovic, and a large trebuchet was onsite, safely launching pumpkins into the woods.

For more information about the Great Pumpkin Race, visit newtownlions.org.

Seated on the ground, from left, are participants Amelia Coyle, Nate Rivera, and Trace Irwin watching their pumpkins travel down the hill during the Great Pumpkin Race on October 20. —Bee Photos, Silber
Newtown Lions Club member Gary Fillion holds up an air horn at the start of each heat at the Great Pumpkin Race behind Edmond Town Hall on October 20.
Pictured from left are the 2018 Great Pumpkin Race overall first place winners Noah Masotta, 12, and Ivy Masotta, 8, with second place winners Maggie Guman, 3 (held by her mother Jen Guman), and Emma Sheehan, 9.
Amelia Coyle, 12, won first place in her age group heat, then second place in a following round at her first Great Pumpkin Race on October 20. Her pumpkin sported a mask and cape like a superhero, as well as wheels from a baby carriage.
At the Great Pumpkin Race, 9-year-old Nate Rivera’s entry was voted “Scariest Pumpkin” for its split open pumpkin head that revealed a skull inside.
Trace Irwin, 9, poses with his pumpkin that he named the “Goomba Glider,” which was inspired by the Super Mario Brothers’ character.
Throughout the 2018 Great Pumpkin Race, Newtown Lions Club members used a large wooden trebuchet to catapult pumpkins into the woods behind the Edmond Town Hall.
Newtown Lions Club member Gary Fillion launches orange T-shirts from a hilltop behind the Edmond Town Hall for a crowd of children nearby to catch.
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