Photo gallery: Subaru Rally Tasmania, Heat 1

Heat 1 winner, Eli Evans, cuts through the frost early in SS3.

Harry Bates lost 14 minutes with electrical problems in SS2.

Dale Moscatt and Lewis Bates change a punctured tyre on SS3.

The exciting Nissan 370Z of Adam Kaplan thrilled the spectators.

Adrian Coppin finished the day in third place.

Harry Bates (above) was frustrated after early morning problems with his Yaris AP4 (below).

The ever-consistent Molly Taylor took second place for Subaru.

Scott Walkem had a successful opening day in his Peugeot 208 AP4.

Harry Bates throws rocks at photographers on SS5.

Mark Butcher sets his WRX up for a corner in the slippery morning conditions.

Tim Auty put in an impressive drive in his Mazda 323 GTR.

Ben Newman was one of many Subaru Impreza RS one-make cars in the Tasmanian Championship round.

Second generation rally driver, Aidan Peterson, showed his a driver to watch.

Nic Grave, Subaru Impreza RS.

This was the view Eli Evans gave to all his competitors in Heat 1 at Rally Tasmania.

Adrian Coppin did his ARC chances no harm with third place in his Skoda.

Lewis Bates bounced back after early dramas in the Damesa Corolla S2000.

Victorian Ben Hayes had his hands full with his V8 Commodore.

He crashed early, but Steve Glenney came back and will be a threat in Heat 2.