Jack, back in 2000-01 the counts in TF were low as well, Mike Dunn, Eddie Hill and a couple others lost sponsors so some of the fields for the first 8-10 races were as low as 15 cars. Scott Weis and a couple of other guys made the switch Funny cars to Dragster for that reason, I suspect you'll start seeing some independents show up knowing they'll have a pretty decent chance to qualify.
