Def you stated what I wanted to much more eloquently
In terms of the oiling issues I know there has been a pan with the proper baffles developed for this specific situation and a few folks run them (oil travelling up the timing cover). Andy Hollis in the k swap miata with 285 purple crack on "stock" fenders had a much more extreme scenario at COTA......and we all know how COTA eats bearings due to long sweepers. I'll have to check back with his build thread but I recall him resolving this very issue a year or so ago with a properly baffled pan.
Either way, there is a solution. I've also never had an issue with any of my SR on track apart from things that were self inflicted. A majority of the failures are from drifters and them rapping the limiter and then doing dumb shit like installing stoppers and then blaming the engine. THAT is where a majority of the failures exist.....the rest are from folks who decide that torque and clearance specs and the fsm are not to be followed