1. No
2. Not that I know of but I don't live there, 1/5 scale offroad hasn't really caught on yet, takes a different type of track.
3. If your looking to get into racing your better off getting a truggy or buggy, if your looking to have run with an RC so there's no better choice than the Baja for bashing around. 40 minute run times and the buggy will take some serious abuse for it's size.