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I think the economy is really going to have an effect on the Friday and Sunday tracks. Saturday nite tracks always get the best car counts and the best crowds and are usually the #1 track in any given racing area. That is where the top drivers want to showcase their talents and get the best exposure for their sponsors. Saturday tracks are most teams primary track so to speak. Fans know that and if they are only gonna see one race best bet is they will see the most cars and the best teams racing on Saturday. If you look at the tracks that have closed in the past few years in western penna or western new york have any been Saturday nite tracks? Some may have tried to move to Saturday and failed but were they ever really established as a Sat. track?
If a driver have the time and money and equipment they will venture out on Friday or Sunday and race those tracks but they will concentrate on the Saturday track most often. Yeah I know i'm generalizing a bit here, there are exceptions where someone chooses a Friday or Sunday track as their primary track but for the vast majority of teams its Saturday night. Just look at last weekend, Bradford and Allegany Mtn. both got their shows in with very poor car counts and only 10 or so cars raced at both tracks even with McKean being down due to rain. That is fewer then a third of the teams at either track even though they are very similar in size. I think we will see fewer drivers racing more then one night a week and those numbers will decrease as the season wears on and the price of fuel and everything else goes up. It may come down to just one track in each area surviving the entire season without enough $$$ from drivers and fans to go around to support 3 or 4 tracks in each area. I might be the grim reaper here but dont be surprised to see a few closed signs on the gates before Aurgust or September rolls around.