.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that launched him right into the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs while delivering a crushing blow to motorists hoping to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season ending as he led the final 26 laps of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th vehicle driver to get a playoff location along with a win, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to make the 16-driver playoff industry." I recognized it was actually visiting be one of those do-or-die moments," Briscoe said. "Our company talked about it before the ethnicity today, this is actually the last bullet in the enclosure. ... If our team implemented all night long, I understood we would certainly remain in the mix." We implemented. As well as our experts were in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the reduced by six factors while Bubba Wallace skipped it through 27 aspects. For much of the nationality, Buescher and also Wallace appeared to be in a limited war for the ultimate playoff location while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, who likewise went winless this year, lost as he finished second in the last 2 regular-season races." Our finest wasn't adequate-- as easy as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex as well as Gibbs in the playoffs are Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champ), Kyle Larson, Christopher Alarm, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Hunt Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman as well as Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the 2nd successive full week, a vehicle driver needing a gain to make the playoffs created it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got in the ethnicity 18th in the status as well as 114 points responsible for the playoff cutoff, meaning he possessed no other pathway to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was more simple fact that created this an exhilarating moment. He earned a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is actually finalizing by the end of the season. Briscoe, that popped a 93-race winless touch, steers the team's iconic No. 14 auto that was actually 1st driven through Tony Stewart." It's significant," Briscoe said. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas follower. That's the cars and truck I cheered for growing. I have actually seen that auto succeed opportunity and also over and over again, win a champion."' I was actually crying'-- Hunt Briscoe on gaining Southern 500 Busch, who performed slightly fresher tires at the end, simply couldn't get Briscoe and also missed the playoffs for the first time since 2012." Our team didn't possess much velocity there via a bulk of the competition," Busch pointed out. "Our experts were actually merely snared in visitor traffic, and also our experts weren't able to rise via there. " But once our company stood up there, I believed that those final 3 or even four restarts, our experts were actually going to have a shot operating in the top-5. But then our team had a shot for the succeed as well as just could not create it apex." Briscoe thanked Busch for racing him well-maintained." Listed below he resides in second. I'm like, 'You've come to be joking me-- I've operated 300 some tours to come to the top, right now Kyle is actually going to take it coming from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex and also Gibbs gained the two playoff areas for winless chauffeurs and also they each had some minutes to sweat as each were associated with wrecks.Truex ended up making it through merely 6 points after getting into the nationality promised an area if there was actually a repeat champion. He ravaged on the second tour of the ethnicity and ended up 36th, not understanding if he will create the playoffs until the end of the 2nd phase." This is difficult," Truex pointed out before he knew whether he made the playoffs. "I only dislike it for my staff. ... They should have far better. It's just a blunder." NASCAR Cup Set: Cook Out Southern 500 Features Gibbs was actually involved in an accident along with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry acquired loosened while three-wide along with Gibbs and also Hamlin. Gibbs was able to proceed as well as made it through 12 factors. If he had been actually knocked senseless of the race, he likely still would certainly possess made it, however it would possess been merely by a couple of positions." Our company just obtained ran actually-- I would mention dirty right there-- that was unfortunate," Gibbs stated. "That was actually undoubtedly closer than it needs to possess been." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a stomach insect throughout the entire nationality, emotion as if he was actually going to either vomit or even have an instance of looseness of the bowels throughout the entire nationality. He wound up 10th, and also with Larson ending up fourth, beat Larson through one factor for the regular-season title.The regular-season title is worth 15 playoff aspects (points a chauffeur can use to advance if he does not succeed in the three-race playoff shots) while second place is worth 10. Larson, with the most victories of any type of driver this year, would certainly have gained a tiebreaker.Reddick, who believes he recorded the bug from his youngster, stated it was actually awful he ever really felt in a race auto." It was actually horrendous on Saturday," Reddick said." [I] awakened Sunday along with the exact same hoping it will be gone again." I really felt really good practically right up until the nationality. It merely must possess been the rub out of [Turn] 2 or one thing. It only really, truly acquired poor by the end of Phase 1. It merely stayed there the remainder of the technique." Larson almost succeeded the regular-season title in spite of skipping the May nationality at Charlotte while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It's certainly not just that a person," Larson stated. "I could possibly possess finished at Michigan or finished at Iowa or even completed at Chicago and also certainly not also been actually close today. I don't consider Indy as being the reason why. That is actually simply component of my period. I wouldn't surrender running the Indy five hundred for 5 perk points." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has invested many years dealing with motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with stints at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Performance publication as well as The (Daytona Coastline) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive much more from NASCAR Cup Series Follow your favorites to acquire info about video games, information and also additional.