An Puca

""We named it An Puca after an Irish mystical horse spirit type of thing, it's supposed to give good luck to certain people and bad luck to certain other people""

- - The Donegal Roaders An Puca was a modified vehicle that appeared in Carnage, where it got to The Dome. Despite being a Heat Finalist, An Puca did not appear in the Wildcard melee.

Design
An Puca was a modified Subaru Legacy which was armed with a scoop, and behind the scoop was twin flamethrowers. The vehicle was also armed with a large paint cannon. The vehicle was decorated with horse shoes and even a small sculpture of a horse made from metal, this to reflect in its name.

Etymology
An Puca name comes from a spirit that brings both of good and bad fortune, often taking the form of a white horse.

Series 1
In the first round, The Grid, An Puca faced GingerArmy and 300. As battle begun, GingerArmy had already decided to only target 300, chasing after it, pursuing its victim across the arena. However, 300 managed to get away when GingerArmy crashed into some of the obstacles. By this point The Pusher was unleashed, with 300 and GingerArmy avoiding The Pusher and An Puca accidently driving towards it and narrowly missing the Mutant Truck. An Puca eventually started chasing GingerArmy, hitting it once before unintentionally performing a pincer movement with The Pusher around one of the corners. Whilst GingerArmy managed to squeeze through, An Puca was not so lucky, having to back out to escape. 300 had stayed away from The Pusher and the action in general by hiding around the outside of the arena. However, GingerArmy, still wanting to take out 300, drove through the middle and intercepted 300 where it charged into the front of the car, completely crushing the front. GingerArmy sprayed paint and torched 300 with its flamethrower before backing away and leaving the immobile vehicle to The Pusher, which shunted 300 across the arena. As the klaxon called, 300 was soon torched further by Finisher, to the amusement of Jaz.

In the Desert Race, An Puca faced Cunning Stunts, Puppy Crusher and GingerArmy. As the race began, An Puca and GingerArmy got the faster start while Puppy Crusher was the slowest, however, Cunning Stunts soon charged ahead and shot straight out in front. Despite its lead, GingerArmy and An Puca were close behind Cunning Stunts and almost overtook it at some points. Puppy Crusher on the other hand was far behind the pack and was destined to come last. An Puca almost took first place as the cars took the bend, but Cunning Stunts continued to race just ahead while GingerArmy attempted to fire its paint cannon, only to spray itself and blind the driver inside. Eventually, however, Cunning Stunts won the race, followed by An Puca and then GingerArmy soon after, Puppy Crusher was far behind but finished last.

In The Scrapyard, An Puca faced Puppy Crusher. The battle begun with both machines chasing after one another, An Puca in particular driving around to find a beneficial route for attack. Soon the pressure plate for Shredder's activation was made operational, however, despite being near it, An Puca charged ahead, which in turn gave Puppy Crusher an opportunity to charge into the side of the Irish machine. Puppy Crusher smashed into the side of An Puca before shunting it a second time. Despite this, An Puca still got away and drove over the pressure plate releasing Shredder onto Puppy Crusher. Puppy Crusher drove away from Shredder but the Mutant Vehicle chased relentlessly after it. Puppy Crusher soon had mechanical problems as black smoke bellowed from beneath the front of the vehicle. This immobilisation allowed Shredder to slam into Puppy Crusher further, breaking the front right axle and shunting it against the drill hazard. Puppy Crusher was officially eliminated and Finisher arrived to torch Puppy Crusher further.

In the Heat Final, The Dome, An Puca faced Cunning Stunts. An Puca started the aggressor, chasing after Cunning Stunts and scrapping the backend as it chased relentlessly. However, eventually An Puca managed to hit the back corner of Cunning Stunts, pushing it and turning it before slamming it against scrap cars. An Puca soon drove off but was flipped by a jackhammer, while Cunning Stunts drove towards An Puca for an attack but ended up driving over a jack hammer itself. An Puca sped off with Cunning Stunts following suit, the two smashed a scrap car into the way as they chased each other, whilst also hitting a few jackhammers along the way. Eventually Cunning Stunts lingered around the pit with An Puca, dangerously, driving around it too before Cunning Stunts sped off with An Puca on the war path once more. An Puca managed to once again smash into the back end of Cunning Stunts. Cunning Stunts stopped and soon reversed and got behind An Puca where it was now the one chasing An Puca, almost driving into the pit, Cunning Stunts soon darted into the side of An Puca. An Puca was thrusted across by the impact and the team struggled to get the car moving as Cunning Stunts backed away only to reverse into An Puca, hitting a second time as the klaxon called, ending An Puca's run.

Results

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Wins/Losses

 * Wins: 2
 * Losses: 1

NOTE: Due to not being an elimination round, Desert Race does not count

Trivia

 * An Puca appeared on the advertisement for the show, chasing Hellraiser. Interestingly, its paint cannon turret is displayed as a flamethrower.