Four cars have cleaned the opening stage down the Mt Buller road.

Liam and Larry Howarth (1995 Nissan Skyline GT-R), Dean Lillie/Steve Glenney (2007 Mitsibushi Evo X), Geoffrey Hewitt/Toni Hewitt (2009 Nissan GT-R) and Thomas Monaghan/Alan Stephenson (2015 Subaru WRX all have clean runs.

Tony Quinn and Kate Catford are next, after being clipped just 1s.