I do agree with what you are saying I enjoy watching the modifieds and a race paying this good should have a large car count. Several stock car tracks will not be running this week since the World 100 is Saturday. The more cars that show up means more fans in the stands.

Drivers and car owners will want to know how many cars are in the feature and what the total pay out is. I know someone will make the normal comment that if you are not coming to win why bother but only one car can win and everyone does not always make the A main. This does impact car counts in all divisions of racing. I think that is why Paragon had some decent car counts for sprints. Knowing that everyone makes a feature does help the lower budget teams.