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As far as more cars on track, all I can say is just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Look at Sebring in 2012 (the simultaneous ALMS and WEC race). I believe around 60 cars on the grid. Sebring could accommodate the full WEC and ALMS fields, but it came at the cost of a lot of FCYs and incidents--it was the most wreck filled Sebring until 2014 (might not have had the quantity of incidents, but had 1 or maybe 2 red flags for incident clean up).
We do have to remember that even in say the ALMS's hayday where in general you did have overall a quality field, there were still cars of differing performance potential, and drivers of different ability levels, both of which contributed to incidents, as well as now in IMSA and the WEC, close competition driving drivers to make low percentage moves of the obvious "if it works, you're a hero, if it fails, you're a zero" type. And we've seen plenty of that in IMSA and the WEC this year, as well as some flat out rough driving pure and simple in both series.
I also feel that I must add that in say 2008 your average ALMS race had about 25-30 cars entered at most usually (more for Sebring and PLM). Normal WEC races have about 40 cars, and IMSA races vary between like 30-55 or so cars depending on the event. And as stated, the ALMS had no problem gaining their fair share of mishaps with a relatively small field.
The more cars you add, you increase car density, in addition to already stated variables. And hence, you do increase the potential for accidents and such. Yes, I can understand the desire for wanting more, but there has to be a quantity vs quality cutoff.
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