The top prizewinner was Rice Tunneling and Boring, Duncanville, Texas, with 64.11 minutes; B & W Backhoe #1, Denton, Texas, came in second with 85.41 minutes; Sure Shot Boring, Lancaster, Ohio, was third with 96.18 minutes. Mid-South Pipeline, Richmond Hill, Ga., secured fourth place with 108.03 minutes, and Cross Country Excavation, Mt. Lake, Minn., came in fifth place with a 109.14 minute timing.
Competition was based in a 200-foot bore and required installation of a four-inch pipe. The maximum rig capacity allowed was 40,000 pounds. The bore path was 200 feet in length and 48-inch depth to the top of the ground, with a three-foot off set to the left at the exit point. Time was judged as the drill crew began to push pipe into the ground; time was stopped when the head exited the ground at the 200-foot mark. Time was taken again when the crew began the pullback of the pipe. When the pipe exited the ground, time was stopped once more. Both times were added together to get the total time.