[Alan L]

My only other comment would be to make haste slowly - with your prized posession. Don't expect to go out there and nail the field. Build up your ability in stages - progressively. ie push the car a little deeper into the corners once you are happy and settled. Apply a little more throttle exiting, a little bit earlier than previous - once you are happy and settled. By the end of the day you won't believe what you have achieved.
If you scare yourself first time round, then it takes a while to get back from that.
Good luck. You will see your car in a new light and your driver confidence in it will be greatly improved once you learn what the limits really are.
You can track it basically in the same condition you drove it to the track - as long as everything is up to scratch. In the earlier days (70's- early 80's) our Porsche race series guys used to drive their race cars to the track. They likely had a race set of tyres with them. Raced all weekend, then drove them home again.
Alan
Edit - I recall now - they raced on Bridgestone road legal track tyres. So they really did drive there, race, then drive home again.
I recall one driver complaining about his sluggish practise times - then he opened the frunk and saw the spare tyre and a bunch of tools.