Nuke Shot



The Nuke Shot is Sam "Lightning" Storm's car. This car appears in the Casa Cristo race, driven by another member of the Atomic Injectables team, being named a Tyrus Tropps who is wiped out by Snake Oiler in the Casa Cristo 5000. This car unfortunately doesn't appear much after that, but has a much more prevelent role in the PS2 and DS versions of Speed Racer The Videogame, where the car becomes a T-180 and is fully playable.

Car #24

Starting on the Fourth Row, this Green and White Type Q is sponsored by Atomic Injectables and dons the #34. At the start he can be seen driving alongside a Type R driver. The official name for this car is The Nukeshot. In the Muqranna the car takes the middle lane. It swoops past the Joe’s Drive-Ins car and shunts Racer X. The nukeshot can later be seen in the Zanubian Desert driving alongside the front half of the pack. In the Desert it can be seen a few times in the background duking it out with other cars. The last time it is seen during the First Leg is avoiding a spinning Speed Racer after Speed had blown a tire. The Nukeshot is confirmed to have completed the First Leg, and in the Second Leg was leading the pack. Well he was in first until Snake Oiler shot a snake into his cockpit. He is assumed to have survived thanks to Kwik-save.

Car #23

This yellow and green Type Q started at the front of the pack. It also got the best start out of all 45 drivers taking an Early lead. The Car’s number is #23 and the sponsor is Atomic Injectables. It can be seen scraping a pillar after clashing with another Type L car. In the beginning of the race it can be seen switching into the middle lane, and then quickly swerving back to the left. The driver manages to stay with his team while they are dune hopping, and wasn’t shown for the rest of the First Leg. Despite this, he still made it to the Second Leg, as in the early moments of the mountain race you can see the front of his car trailing behind the Yen-Che Team. This is the last time we see him, and it’s unknown where he finished.

Car #24

This Orange and green Type Q car is Car #27 and is sponsored by Atomic Injectables. The car started on the Second Row and got a good start by diving up the middle of the drivers ahead. The driver takes the right lane in front of the Mutafed driver in Car #32. In the beginning of the Muqranna he is seen cut off by a Type L car. He is seen driving closely among other drivers for most of the portion of the race. During the Muqranna, he manages to swift into the Left Lane, where he avoids most of the danger. He was even holding third place as they entered the Zanubian Desert. In the desert, the car trailed Speed as he was fighting the Flying Foxes crew. Unfortunately he was following too close, and when Speed lost a tire he got directly hit by him. After being spun by speed the car lost control and did a barrel roll over a dune, and out of the race.

Trivia

 * Nuke Shot in the movie is not a T-180, but a rally car.
 * Teammate numbers are 23 and 27
 * Nuke Shot is numbered "24" in the DS version of the videogame.
 * The Nuke Shot rally car uses a variant of the three Mutafed street cars' body design with an exposed intake at the front. This suggests that Mutafed was the manufacturer of this car.