Yup, I forgot about that.Pretty much what I thought.
Looks like the layout needs some love from Roush. Ergonomics matter.
I think this stuff was also pointed out earlier this year.
Here's a picture from when it was at Detroit taken by EKH
Better angle so you can see it does have clearance; it looks like it actually sits just a tick higher than the brake pedal (higher as a bit further from the firewall) and it still had the rubber on the pedal.
I wonder if the loss of the pedal rubber was a souvenir hound at one of the shows. (aka kids)