.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that released him right into the NASCAR Mug Series playoffs while delivering a pulverizing draft to chauffeurs wanting to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season ending as he led the final 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th vehicle driver to make a playoff area along with a succeed, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless motorists to create the 16-driver playoff field." I knew it was actually going to be just one of those do-or-die seconds," Briscoe mentioned. "Our company spoke about it before the ethnicity today, this is actually the last bullet in the enclosure. ... If our team performed all night long, I understood our company would remain in the mix." We implemented. And our team were in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher missed the cut by six factors while Bubba Wallace skipped it by 27 factors. For much of the nationality, Buescher and Wallace appeared to become in a tight struggle for the last playoff area while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, who also went winless this year, lost as he ended up second in the last two regular-season nationalities." Our greatest wasn't good enough-- as straightforward as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also Gibbs in the playoffs are actually Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champion), Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Chase 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 to have a win to create the playoffs made it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered into the nationality 18th in the status as well as 114 factors behind the playoff cutoff, indicating he possessed no other pathway to the playoffs other than to win.But it was actually more truth that made this a thrilling second. He earned a location in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is actually closing by the end of the season. Briscoe, who snapped a 93-race winless streak, drives the team's legendary No. 14 auto that was actually 1st steered through Tony Stewart." It's substantial," Briscoe said. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That is actually the automobile I cheered for maturing. I've observed that automobile gain time as well as over and over again, win a championship."' I was shedding tears'-- Hunt Briscoe on gaining Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, that got on a little fresher tires at the end, simply couldn't get Briscoe as well as skipped the playoffs for the very first time considering that 2012." Our company didn't have much rate there with a majority of the race," Busch pointed out. "Our team were actually simply stuck in web traffic, and also we weren't capable to stand up through there. " Once our company rose there, I felt like those final 3 or 4 restarts, we were heading to take a crack at operating in the top-5. However after that our experts took a crack at for the gain as well as only could not create it apex." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for racing him well-maintained." Listed below he remains in second. I feel like, 'You have actually come to be joking me-- I've operated 300 some tours to come to the lead, right now Kyle is actually going to swipe it from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck As well as AdvanceTruex and also Gibbs got the 2 playoff locations for winless drivers and also they each possessed some instants to sweat as each were associated with wrecks.Truex found yourself creating it through merely six points after going into the ethnicity guaranteed an area if there was actually a replay victor. He trashed on the second lap of the nationality as well as completed 36th, not recognizing if he would bring in the playoffs till the end of the 2nd stage." This is actually difficult," Truex said prior to he understood whether he made the playoffs. "I only loathe it for my crew. ... They are entitled to far better. It's merely an oversight." NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out Southern five hundred Highlights Gibbs was actually involved in a wreck along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry got loosened while three-wide along with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs had the ability to carry on as well as made it by 12 factors. If he had been knocked senseless of the race, he likely still would possess produced it, however it would have been actually merely through a couple of settings." Our experts simply acquired managed definitely-- I will say grimy right there certainly-- that was unfortunate," Gibbs stated. "That was certainly closer than it must possess been actually." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick combated a stomach insect throughout the entire race, sensation as if he was heading to either vomit or even have a case of diarrhea throughout the whole entire race. He ended up 10th, as well as with Larson ending up 4th, beat Larson by one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season title deserves 15 playoff aspects (factors a driver can easily use to advance if he doesn't succeed in the three-race playoff shots) while 2nd spot deserves 10. Larson, along with the best success of any kind of motorist this year, would possess won a tiebreaker.Reddick, that believes he recorded the bug from his kid, said it was actually the most awful he ever felt in a race car." It was terrible on Sunday," Reddick pointed out." [I] woke up Sunday with the exact same wishing it would be returned." I experienced good practically all the way up till the nationality. It simply has to possess been actually the rub out of [Transform] 2 or one thing. It only truly, definitely got negative due to the end of Stage 1. It merely stayed there the rest of the method." Larson virtually gained the regular-season title even with overlooking the May ethnicity at Charlotte while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It is actually certainly not only that," Larson mentioned. "I might possess ended up at Michigan or even finished at Iowa or even completed at Chicago and also certainly not also been shut today. I don't look at Indy as being actually the reason. That's only portion of my period. I definitely would not quit managing the Indy five hundred for 5 bonus points." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually devoted decades dealing with motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene journal as well as The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get more from NASCAR Cup Set Observe your faves to get info concerning activities, headlines and also additional.