I wasn't upset at the wrecking comment. I killed the last one at the track and accept that's a possibility for the new one. Let just hope this one makes it 7+ years of track use like the old one first.
Not that they're so epic, but they are a great driving/handling car. My old car at 320whp and 2800lbs was shockingly down Power wise compared to newer sports cars (GT3s, Zo6s, etc). Shit I had a guy in a Cayman run me down the back straight once. I'd also say that they can punch way above their weight class when it comes to money in that I can regularly beat 80% of the GT3s I come across and I'm not having to risk a $70k-$140k car on the track to do it.
That being said, it's a labor of love as tracking one brings out all of the faults of running a 21 year old Mazda at the track and can be really frustrating. Probably why you don't see many tracked anymore. If you want simple, fast, and reasonably cheap in a track car there's only one real choice...C5Zo6