Being in Miami this was of course plastered all over the local news and in news breaks by our South Beach sensationalist media...

This accident is going to raise a lot of eyebrows, as it should. It was horrific and brought back memories of Alex Zanardi's terrible accident. What was troubling was that it seemed to me to be totally avoidable. Perhaps I'm wrong here but when an accident like this happens so late after the initial incident (probably close to ten seconds after Carpenter hit the wall) you really have to wonder. Carpenter was almost at a stop after hitting the wall and then sliding along and then down to the bottom of the track before Dana finally came around and looked to hit him at full speed. Carpenter's car was literally cut in half.

It seems to me when a car hits the wall everyone should pretty much be at safe speed within five to ten seconds and certainly during a practice or warm up session. It just doesn't make any sense to me.