As the thread itself is now years old. it would be interesting to see how many of these were ever finished.
I know of at least one, Chris' award winning Army Vega funny car.
While I am not a fan of the stretched tire trend, as I can not imaging it not impacting the performance, they somehow look REALLY good in this application. I can see that wheel combo working very well in a few projects I have going.
Are you opting out of casting the wheel you already made? If you are not going to use it immediately, I would like a shot at adding the lug detail, and then creating a mold.