Record-Breaking Pumpkin Heavier Than A Small Car, Small Enough To Fit In One

(CNN) — If you think you picked the biggest pumpkin at the patch, think again. A Connecticut man just set a local record for the heaviest pumpkin at the Topsfield Fair in New England.
The winner of the All New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off is 2,294.5 pounds.
To put that in perspective, one of the lightest cars on the market, the Mitsubishi Mirage, only weighs 2,018 pounds. Seeing a Mirage rolling down the highway is a lot less alarming than watching a 2,294.5-pound pumpkin roll by, of co