Styled after a 1941 Willys pickup, the truck originally featured a red-and-black pirate-themed paint scheme.

After that incident, the truck got a brand new PEI chassis, debuting at Old Bridge Township RACEWAY PARK on May 30, 2009.

The truck made a return at the Advance Auto Parts MONSTER JAM World Finals 13 in March 2012, with its original driver Pablo Huffaker behind the wheel.

In the 2013 season, Captain's Curse debuted a new black paint scheme, with Blackwell returning behind the wheel.

In 2016, a successor named Pirate's Curse debuted, however, the two trucks competed alongside each other for the beginning of the year, with Blackwell eventually moving to Megalodon.