Jack Pay and Olivia Frisby have plenty of common heading into Friday night's Dubbo Show Series Final (2120m).

Pay will help fly the flag for the locals at Dubbo Paceway when he drives Nicky Brook from gate on in Friday's $9059 final while the Frisby-driven Reason To Party will go from just outside that in gate two.

Reason To Party won the first of the two heats last weekend while the Mick Pay-trained Nicky Brook heads into the final after finishing second behind Oh One Job in his heat.

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The Mat Rue-trained-and-driven Oh One Job is a raging favourite for the final but the Frisby and Pay teams remain positive about their chances.

"We'll probably get a bit of a similar run to the heat," Mick Pay said.

"I think Mat Rue's will be hard to beat but hopefully we can get in just behind and maybe someone can soften him up.

"But she (Nicky Brook) is in with a chance and Jack is driving well. You can't win sitting at home."

The 18-year-old Jack has scored two wins in 16 drives so far this season, the most recent of those last month at Parkes with Nicky Brook.

"He's driving really well at the moment," Mick said of his son.

"He's putting them in the right spot and giving them a chance. It can take some time but he's found his feet and is going really well."

Jack will have three drives on Friday night and will combine with his father again when Jacobs Thunder contests the Sky Racing Active Pace (1720m).

He'll also drive Sparky Sharky for his uncle, Brett Pay, in the Dubbo Show President's Trophy Three-Year-Old Pace (1720m).

Bathurst-based Frisby has two drives for her father Nigel, Reason To Party and Cullens Maori.

The youngster has recorded three winning drives since she started in October and two of those have come with Reason To Party.

"He's a special horse to us. Dad bred him and he's been going really good," Olivia said.

"We'll have a try for the lead here. The one [Nicky Brook] will probably try to hand up to the favourite but if we can punch through and beat them out I'll try and hold, but if there's too much early then I'll just grab hold and hopefully get cover."

Mick Pay will have plenty of interest in the final as his other son, Tom, will also contest it.

Tom Pay will drive another of the hometown hopes, the Martin Simmons-trained Shesa Pocketrocket from gate eight.

Rue's Oh One Job, who has two wins in three career starts, will go from gate three and is expected to set the pace up front again.

Racing starts at 5.49pm with the final fourth on the card at 7.14pm.

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