UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) 
October 14, 2004

CHECKERS DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE                  0-19649               58-1654960
(State or Other         (Commission           (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of          File Number)      Identification No.)
Incorporation)

4300 WEST CYPRESS STREET, SUITE 600, TAMPA FLORIDA 33607
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

(813) 283-7000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing 
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SECTION 7		REGULATION FD

Item 7.01.  	REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

At the Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. 
(the "Company") earnings conference call held at 
5:00 pm on Thursday, October 15, 2004, after the 
delivery of prepared remarks,  we discussed the 
preliminary results of Period 10 (the four week 
period beginning September 7, 2004 and ending 
October 4, 2004).  Those preliminary results 
indicated that: (a) Company owned same store sales 
during Period 10 increased 17.6% over the same 
period in our 2003 fiscal year; (b) that the 
Company's cost of sales (restaurant food, paper 
and labor costs) during Period 10 was 61.6% of the 
Company Period 10 restaurant sales; and (c) our franchisees' 
same store sales for Period 10 increased by 12.7%.

The information in this Report is furnished pursuant 
to Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K.  Consequently, it is 
not deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of 
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise 
subject to the liabilities of that section.  It may 
only be incorporated by reference in another filing 
under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1933 if 
such subsequent filing specifically references this 
Form 8-K. 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
Registrant has duly caused this report to 
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned 
hereunto duly authorized.

CHECKERS DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS, INC.



By:_________________________________
Name:   S. Patric Plumley 
Title:  SVP and CFO
Dated:  October 14, 2004