After having seen the 458 in TG I would've agreed. But much like the Porsche Panamera, it looks awesome in real life, as I've seen my first 458 IRL yesterday.
That's really cool I hope he succeeds. Driving the 'ring in our own cars has always been out of reach for Americans. I hope the state government doesn't shoot it down based on the high number of deaths each year on the 'ring, as a re-creation could be built with more and larger runoff areas and as a rule require helmets to be worn. (not sure why helmets aren't required anyway)