I found a video of a racing incident at the Uphill involving the new armco. It involves a Spec Miata and the contact looks the same as Pat described without the rollover consequence. I imagine the impact speed was a lot lower than what Pat experienced.
Here's the link to the forum thread:
http://www.corner-carvers.com/forums...ad.php?t=29852
Here's a link to the video:
http://www.over6racing.com/videos/lrp06_crash.wmv