Rick “Pellet Gun” Krause, of Tuba City, Arizona, spit a pit 51 feet, 3 inches on Saturday for his 16th win at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship.

Organizers say Krause entered on a motorcycle, dropped to his knees in the spitter’s box and ejected the winning pit. His wife, Marlene, took first place in the women’s contest, spitting a pit 34 feet, 6 inches. It was her seventh win. The Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm, just north of the Indiana border, hosts the event. Orchard owner Herb Teichman launched the competition as a lark 37 years ago, but it now attracts competitors from the US and beyond.