Primm, NV – Greg Biffle is used to making test drives, but it’s safe to say the one he made today in the new Ford F-150 Raptor R won’t be forgotten anytime soon.

“This thing is unbelievable. I’ve never been off the ground in a production truck. I’ve been off the ground in my sand car or something like that, but never anything like this,” continued Biffle. “A jump like we made, I’d be a little nervous to jump that in my sand car, but it’s incredible. I can’t even begin to explain what that was like.”

And while Biffle was only joking about leaving his day job as driver of the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion, he obviously impressed MacCachren, who has won multiple championships in a variety of off-road series.

“He was excellent. He took to it like he’s been doing it for many years. You can tell when a guy’s got talent. He got in there and started wheeling it right from the beginning,” said MacCachren, who sat alongside Biffle during his run.

Multiple off-road series champion Rob MacCachren was impressed with Biffle’s ability in driving off-road. “The Raptor is an excellent truck with a lot of potential and Greg took it a step even farther with his talent. On our second lap I asked him, ‘So how many years have your been off-roading?’ And he said it was his first time, so I was impressed. Greg is a very talented driver. I’m sure if he ever wanted a second career, he could come right in here and do this in a heartbeat.”

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Editor's note: NASCAR driver Greg Biffle will document his journey through the Chase for the Sprint Cup in an exclusive online diary for USA TODAY:

We may not have gained as many points on Sunday at Texas as I would have liked, but it's a start and with two races remaining anything can still happen.

We're off to Phoenix this week and I absolutely love that race track. The very first time I ever saw it was 1989 ? a long time ago ? and we were running a Southwest Tour race called the Copper World Classic. Ever since then, I've been fond of that place. It's also kind of close to home for me. That was one of the closest tracks and then I raced at Tucson Raceway Park a lot, so I've always enjoyed going back to the Phoenix area. I love that area of the country.

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Editor's note: NASCAR driver Greg Biffle will document his journey through the Chase for the Sprint Cup in an exclusive online diary for USA TODAY: Time is running out. But I'm not out of this thing yet.

We had another top-10 finish last weekend at Atlanta, but lost some more ground to Jimmie Johnson in the Chase and now with only three races to go, our opportunities for catching him are dwindling.

We were obviously hoping for a better result last weekend, but it just seemed like there wasn't a lot of grip and I couldn't get my car to get a hold of the track. It would do about four things in the same corner. It would get real, real loose, and then it would get tight, and then I'd go to the gas and get loose, and then on late exit it would push again. It was just on top of the track all day.

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