Bruce Boland
Boland was having problems getting his new 1963 Corvette set up, Nielsen had difficulties adjusting to the new Bruno automatic transmission in his 1968 Camaro, and the 1994 Corvette of Cusimano was having traction problems.
Last year’s Cayuga event winner, Ike Maier of Tottenham, Ontario, qualified number three in the eight-car field, but clipped the wall on his run and could not continue.
A record number of 21 entries were at Cayuga for the event.
While Roth took out Gary Mater of Petrolia, Ont., with his twin-turbo 1938 Chevy, other first round losers included Dave Earhart of Strathroy, Ont. and Sam Andreacchi of Toronto.