Man out-spits father, claims pit-spitting title

? Brian “Young Gun” Krause has out-spit his father to claim his seventh championship at the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship in Eau Claire.

Krause’s winning spit on Saturday was 56 feet, 7 1/2 inches.

That’s 6 1/2 inches better than his father, second-place finisher and defending champion Rick “Pellet Gun” Krause of Tuba City, Ariz, who spit 56 feet, 1 inch.

Thirty-year-old Rick Krause of Dimondale currently holds the Guinness World Record after spitting a pit 93 feet, 6 1/2 inches in 2003.