Keep Paul Marciano in your thoughts. He was alert and moving hands and feet, but complaining of a lot of lower back pain, after a violent crash at Firebird yesterday. I was there and witnessed it, and here's what happened from my point of view. I was about 40 feet away from the incident when it occured. It was about lap 4 or 5 of the qualifying session , and Paul had come out on stickers. The cars were just getting up to speed, and Paul was chasing down Selznick's Atlantic, followed by a FM. Entering the right hander before the Tower turn, normally top of third or low fourth gear in a FC, The left front tire of a FM (Standard) made contact with the right rear tire of the Phoenix F1000. It appeared that the rear suspension compromised immediately on that side sending the car sideways into the tire barrier. Just as the tires expanded back, the FM hit Paul's car hard right side center straight on. The FM sustained significant damage in the front, but was nearly repaired prior to the next session, no reported injuries from that driver. Paul was removed from the F1000 by medical personnel, placed on a brace board and transported to the local hospital for observation, accompanied by his father in the ambulance. The car suffered SEVERE damage, three corners and frame on right side mangled. It did it's job, as the cockpit area was in tact and didn't appear to be intruded in any way. I have many photos, but will send them over to Paul when he gets home, and let him post ones if he so chooses.