Rear brake shoe advice needed

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I'm looking for advice on what rear brake shoe compound I should run for next track season. I have carbotech xp10's up front and love them and I'm a big fan of carbotech's customer support. I have been using stock rear shoes and they have held up pretty good but are now almost completely worn.

Carbotech recommended u run xp8's in the rear for the track with my set up of 80tw tires and the weight of my car. Problem is, these are one off's to make and cost $240 a pair regardless of what compound I go with.

My question to those who track and even autox their cars is, did you notice a large difference going with a track pad in the rear over the oem compound?
I'm trying to figure out if it is worth the $ to go with track shoes or not.

I dont know is Jason still goes on this forum or not but I'm curious as to what he ran in the rear.

I am far from a pro driver but I do 45 min session at a time and I brake super late and drive the crap out of the car at the track. To put it in perspective hawk hps pads lasted half a lap on my first hot lap and they never recovered

Thanks