Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
As a general rule of thumb, I don't go out of my way looking for street races-I have a clean license and kinda would like it to stay that way for insurance purposes. However today I locked horns with a Ford and came out victorious!
A little background first-I am employed as a contract oilfield operator here in east-central Alberta. My truck is about 15 times higher in class than the average company truck (generally a 1500 or 2500 GM with a 5. 3)-therefore I usually get quite a few comments about it at the jobsite. The electrical contractor we used to use before our company buyout has always been a Ford guy-one afraid of diesels to boot-and always figured his V10s were the hot ticket. I've crossed paths with him multiple times at the pumps or at various oilfield functions over the last 6 months-everytime he brags about his chipped-up V10 and tells me he'll catch me on the road one day and we'll see who is the boss. I've always told him as politely as I could that there isn't a chip built that will let him run with me
but apparently it never sunk in...
So today I'm getting ready to leave the Drumheller valley-ducked in after work for groceries, fuel etc... who shows up on my back bumper at the last set of lights but Mr. V10 himself. I figured he'd want to play-to be honest I wasn't really up for it-long day, etc. etc. etc. But he rode my bumper over the last bridge out of town-when the road 2-laned again he pulled along the right side and motioned that he wanted to run. The road out of the valley is an 8% grade (or very close to that- +/- 1%) for a mile or so-and it winds out pretty tight. He followed me out of town to the place the road widens to 2 lanes which is about where the actual climb starts. I'm into race mode now-DragCOMP up to 5x5 and running in 5th gear to keep the revs up. About the time we hit the 2 lanes we're running up on traffic in the slow lane-I drop into 6th and rod on it as he's about to push me anyways
. I know I'm gonna have to work a little as my truck is tooled to the max (I carry close to 1500 lbs. worth of stuff) and carrying a ton of mud where his is cleaned off and basically just electrical diagnostic stuff. So I hammer it coming up to the hard right hander-and dust him badly before I have to lift to get around-the Silver Cloud is no sports car with its 315/75R16s. Make it around in my lane but not by much-and buddy is coming again for another run-down to the hammer again. The left-hander that comes up isn't quite as hard but I lift a little anyways... . once around I'm on it for all I can get again. 40 lbs of boost-fuel pressure is around 5 psi-we won't talk about the pyro 
and Mr. V10 is fading badly now as I break over the top. Once I got over the crest I backed out to let things cool down-he pulled back beside me, gave me a shrug to say that he did all he could, and hammered off down the highway... ...
And the best part? I was pulling my sled trailer with my MXZ-REV on top-he was empty... ... ...
I love my truck... ...
Jason!
A little background first-I am employed as a contract oilfield operator here in east-central Alberta. My truck is about 15 times higher in class than the average company truck (generally a 1500 or 2500 GM with a 5. 3)-therefore I usually get quite a few comments about it at the jobsite. The electrical contractor we used to use before our company buyout has always been a Ford guy-one afraid of diesels to boot-and always figured his V10s were the hot ticket. I've crossed paths with him multiple times at the pumps or at various oilfield functions over the last 6 months-everytime he brags about his chipped-up V10 and tells me he'll catch me on the road one day and we'll see who is the boss. I've always told him as politely as I could that there isn't a chip built that will let him run with me
but apparently it never sunk in... So today I'm getting ready to leave the Drumheller valley-ducked in after work for groceries, fuel etc... who shows up on my back bumper at the last set of lights but Mr. V10 himself. I figured he'd want to play-to be honest I wasn't really up for it-long day, etc. etc. etc. But he rode my bumper over the last bridge out of town-when the road 2-laned again he pulled along the right side and motioned that he wanted to run. The road out of the valley is an 8% grade (or very close to that- +/- 1%) for a mile or so-and it winds out pretty tight. He followed me out of town to the place the road widens to 2 lanes which is about where the actual climb starts. I'm into race mode now-DragCOMP up to 5x5 and running in 5th gear to keep the revs up. About the time we hit the 2 lanes we're running up on traffic in the slow lane-I drop into 6th and rod on it as he's about to push me anyways
. I know I'm gonna have to work a little as my truck is tooled to the max (I carry close to 1500 lbs. worth of stuff) and carrying a ton of mud where his is cleaned off and basically just electrical diagnostic stuff. So I hammer it coming up to the hard right hander-and dust him badly before I have to lift to get around-the Silver Cloud is no sports car with its 315/75R16s. Make it around in my lane but not by much-and buddy is coming again for another run-down to the hammer again. The left-hander that comes up isn't quite as hard but I lift a little anyways... . once around I'm on it for all I can get again. 40 lbs of boost-fuel pressure is around 5 psi-we won't talk about the pyro and Mr. V10 is fading badly now as I break over the top. Once I got over the crest I backed out to let things cool down-he pulled back beside me, gave me a shrug to say that he did all he could, and hammered off down the highway... ... And the best part? I was pulling my sled trailer with my MXZ-REV on top-he was empty... ... ...
I love my truck... ...
Jason!
