Steven Redden returns to action after his short layoff as the field moves to Little Rock for the Arkansas Derby. Bobby Gallagher, who qualified for the Fircracker Oprn final finishing twelfth, makes way for the returning man, and both Rob Remaley and Bill Malbrough are absent through long term injury and financial reasons respectively; Don Davis will race in place of Malbrough.
The first of the three heats is set up to be a real thriller with half of the top ten involved along with the winner in Daytona Reggie Banks. Will Thompson and Andy Bing, currently sitting second and fifth place in the standings, join Will Murphy who just reached his first final in almost two months, Norm Gibson who hopes he can return to the final after missing out last week, and Ben Hadsell who has six finals in the last nine rounds.
Heat two has third and fourth place men Scott Hutchins and Joe Ramage, the former reaching just one final in five events and the latter two finals in eleven, and they will go head-to-head against another out of form driver in Tom Gariepy who has missed six straight finals with one appearance in the last nine.
Finally, the top dog Darryl Lozier's biggest rival in the third heat is Jamie Eilers who has missed three of the last four finals but sits in sixth position 41.5pts behind the leader.
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