I'm only able to play every now and then, so my question is...In the beginner events, do you win a truck to race the last series or do you have to buy one? I won the 400R and have it up to 544 hp, so it's winning a lot of my races for me.

*edit*...also, I see all these cars with carbon fiber hoods, is that the Stage 3 weight reduction? I've done the Stage 2 and I thought that one gave you the carbon fiber hood, but none of my cars have them after doing the Stage 2.