.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off success Sunday that released him into the NASCAR Cup Set playoffs while delivering a pulverizing draft to motorists expecting to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe grabbed the regular-season ending as he led the final 26 tours of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th driver to make a playoff location along with a win, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to create the 16-driver playoff area." I recognized it was actually mosting likely to be just one of those do-or-die instants," Briscoe mentioned. "Our team spoke about it before the ethnicity today, this is actually the last bullet in the chamber. ... If our company carried out all evening long, I knew our team will be in the mix." We executed. And also our team resided in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the reduced through 6 points while Bubba Wallace missed it through 27 factors. For a lot of the nationality, Buescher and Wallace seemed to be to be in a strict struggle for the final playoff area while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, lost as he ended up second in the ultimate 2 regular-season ethnicities." Our absolute best had not been sufficient-- as simple as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex as well as Gibbs in the playoffs are actually 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 and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the 2nd consecutive week, a driver needing a gain to make the playoffs made it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered the ethnicity 18th in the status and also 114 aspects behind the playoff cutoff, meaning he had not one other course to the playoffs other than to win.But it was more simple fact that made this an exhilarating instant. He got a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is actually shutting by the end of the season. Briscoe, who snapped a 93-race winless touch, drives the team's well-known No. 14 vehicle that was 1st driven by Tony Stewart." It is actually huge," Briscoe said. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That's the vehicle I cheered for maturing. I've found that car win opportunity and also over and over again, gain a championship."' I was bursting into tears'-- Pursuit Briscoe on succeeding Southern five hundred Busch, who was on somewhat fresher tires by the end, only could not find Briscoe and missed the playoffs for the first time considering that 2012." Our company really did not have a lot speed there with a majority of the competition," Busch pointed out. "We were only bogged down in web traffic, and also our team weren't capable to stand up via there. " But once we rose certainly there, I thought that those last three or even four restarts, our team were visiting take a crack at operating in the top-5. But after that our company took a crack at for the win and also just couldn't create it apex." Briscoe thanked Busch for dashing him well-maintained." Listed below he remains in 2nd. I'm like, 'You have actually reached be joking me-- I've operated 300 some laps to reach the lead, today Kyle is actually heading to steal it coming from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex and also Gibbs earned both playoff places for winless chauffeurs as well as they both had some minutes to sweat as both were actually associated with wrecks.Truex wound up making it by only six points after entering the nationality guaranteed an area if there was actually a replay champion. He ravaged on the 2nd tour of the ethnicity and finished 36th, certainly not recognizing if he would certainly bring in the playoffs up until completion of the 2nd stage." This is actually difficult," Truex pointed out before he understood whether he brought in the playoffs. "I only despise it for my staff. ... They deserve much better. It is actually only a mistake." NASCAR Cup Set: Cook Out Southern 500 Features Gibbs was actually involved in a wreckage with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry received loosened while three-wide along with Gibbs and also Hamlin. Gibbs had the capacity to continue as well as made it through 12 factors. If he had been actually knocked senseless of the race, he likely still will have created it, but it will have been actually just by a couple of settings." Our team simply received managed definitely-- I will mention unclean right there-- that was actually regrettable," Gibbs pointed out. "That was actually certainly closer than it should have been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a tummy bug throughout the whole nationality, feeling as if he was heading to either throw up or even have an instance of diarrhea throughout the whole nationality. He wound up 10th, as well as along with Larson completing 4th, exhausted Larson through one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season label deserves 15 playoff aspects (points a chauffeur can utilize to progress if he does not succeed in the three-race playoff shots) while 2nd area is worth 10. Larson, with the most victories of any motorist this year, would certainly possess succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, who thinks he captured the insect coming from his youngster, said it was actually the most awful he ever felt in a race auto." It was actually horrendous on Sunday," Reddick mentioned." [I] got up Sunday with the very same hoping it would be returned." I felt excellent essentially all the way up till the race. It only has to possess been actually the bump off of [Turn] 2 or something. It merely actually, definitely got bad by the end of Stage 1. It just kept there the rest of the technique." Larson nearly won the regular-season label regardless of skipping the May ethnicity at Charlotte nc while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's not merely that," Larson stated. "I could possibly have finished at Michigan or ended up at Iowa or completed at Chicago as well as not also been actually near today. I do not consider Indy as being actually the reason why. That is actually merely portion of my time. I definitely would not surrender operating the Indy five hundred for 5 bonus points." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually devoted years dealing with motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Performance journal and also The (Daytona Coastline) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive more coming from NASCAR Mug Series Observe your preferences to acquire information concerning video games, information and additional.