For the foam vs rubber debate....
At our GT race we'll be running at least 1 round of qualifiers on Friday, 4 on Saturday, 1 on Sunday and all the "mains"; including 45 to maybe even 60 minute "A Mains" in both classes. That's going to be a whole lotta wheel time + a bunch of open track practice time too.
Rubber is your friend, all of our GT cars will make the rubber traction groove and traction for us will be "animal".