.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that released him in to the NASCAR Cup Set playoffs while providing a squashing blow to drivers planning to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe caught the regular-season finale as he led the last 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th motorist to gain a playoff spot with a win, leaving Martin Truex Jr. as well as 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 moments," Briscoe said. "Our company talked about it prior to the race today, this is actually the last bullet in the chamber. ... If we executed all night long, I understood our company would remain in the mix." Our experts executed. And also we remained in the mix in the end." Chris Buescher missed the reduced through six points while Bubba Wallace skipped it through 27 points. For a lot of the ethnicity, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to be to become in a tight battle for the final playoff location while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, who also went winless this year, lost as he ended up second in the ultimate pair of regular-season ethnicities." Our best wasn't acceptable-- as easy as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also Gibbs in the playoffs are Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champion), Kyle Larson, Christopher Alarm, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Pursuit Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and also Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the second successive full week, a driver needing a succeed to bring in the playoffs created it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe went into the nationality 18th in the status and 114 points responsible for the playoff deadline, indicating he had not one other path to the playoffs other than to win.But it was moreover reality that made this an electrifying minute. He gained a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is actually shutting at the end of the season. Briscoe, that broke a 93-race winless touch, steers the staff's legendary No. 14 automobile that was 1st driven through Tony Stewart." It's big," Briscoe said. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas follower. That is actually the automobile I cheered for growing. I've found that automobile win time and also over and over again, win a champion."' I was actually sobbing'-- Hunt Briscoe on winning Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, who was on somewhat fresher tires by the end, simply could not see Briscoe and missed out on the playoffs for the first time because 2012." Our experts really did not have a lot speed there with a large number of the race," Busch stated. "Our company were actually simply bogged down in website traffic, as well as we weren't able to stand up through there. " But once our experts stood up there, I believed that those last 3 or even four restarts, our company were actually mosting likely to take a crack at operating in the top-5. However at that point we took a crack at for the succeed and only couldn't create it apex." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for racing him tidy." Listed below he resides in 2nd. I resemble, 'You have actually reached be actually joking me-- I've worked 300 some laps to get to the lead, now Kyle is mosting likely to steal it from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs got both playoff locations for winless vehicle drivers and they each had some seconds to sweat as each were involved in wrecks.Truex ended up creating it by merely six points after getting into the ethnicity promised a place if there was actually a loyal victor. He damaged on the second tour of the race and also finished 36th, not knowing if he would create the playoffs till the end of the second stage." This is awful," Truex claimed just before he understood whether he created the playoffs. "I merely detest it for my group. ... They should have much better. It's only an oversight." NASCAR Cup Set: Southern five hundred Emphasizes Gibbs was actually involved in an accident along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry acquired loose while three-wide with Gibbs and also Hamlin. Gibbs had the capacity to carry on as well as made the cut by 12 factors. If he had been actually knocked out of the race, he likely still will possess produced it, but it would certainly possess been just through a couple of settings." We simply acquired operated really-- I will claim filthy right certainly there-- that was actually unfavorable," Gibbs pointed out. "That was absolutely closer than it ought to possess been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a stomach insect throughout the whole race, emotion as if he was actually heading to either vomit or even possess a situation of looseness of the bowels throughout the entire nationality. He wound up 10th, as well as with Larson completing 4th, beat Larson by one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season title deserves 15 playoff points (aspects a chauffeur can utilize to advance if he does not succeed in the three-race playoff shots) while 2nd area costs 10. Larson, with the most success of any kind of driver this year, would have gained a tiebreaker.Reddick, that feels he caught the insect from his youngster, mentioned it was the worst he ever before experienced in a race auto." It was actually dreadful on Saturday," Reddick mentioned." [I] got up Sunday along with the same wishing it would be actually gone again." I felt really good more or less right up till the nationality. It only has to possess been the rub out of [Turn] 2 or one thing. It only actually, definitely got poor due to the end of Phase 1. It just remained there the rest of the way." Larson virtually gained the regular-season headline even with overlooking the May race at Charlotte while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's certainly not simply that people," Larson said. "I could possess completed at Michigan or finished at Iowa or even finished at Chicago and also certainly not even been close today. I don't check out Indy as being actually the reason. That is actually just component of my season. I would not give up running the Indy five hundred for 5 bonus aspects." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually invested many years dealing with motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Performance magazine and The (Daytona Seaside) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain extra coming from NASCAR Cup Collection Observe your preferences to receive info regarding activities, information and additional.