.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that launched him right into the NASCAR Mug Set playoffs while providing a squashing blow to chauffeurs wishing to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season ending as he led the last 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th vehicle driver to get a playoff location along with a succeed, leaving Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless motorists to create the 16-driver playoff field." I recognized it was heading to be one of those do-or-die seconds," Briscoe stated. "We spoke about it before the race today, this is the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our company carried out all night long, I understood we will remain in the mix." Our team carried out. And we resided in the mix in the end." Chris Buescher missed the cut through 6 points while Bubba Wallace overlooked it through 27 points. For a lot of the nationality, Buescher and Wallace seemed to be to be in a limited fight for the last playoff location while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, who also went winless this year, came up short as he ended up second in the final 2 regular-season ethnicities." Our greatest had not been satisfactory-- as basic as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also Gibbs in the playoffs are actually Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champ), Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Hunt Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and also Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the 2nd consecutive full week, a driver needing a succeed to bring in the playoffs made it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got in the race 18th in the status and also 114 factors behind the playoff cutoff, implying he possessed no other pathway to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was moreover fact that made this an electrifying moment. He made a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is finalizing by the end of the season. Briscoe, that broke a 93-race winless streak, drives the group's iconic No. 14 cars and truck that was first steered by Tony Stewart." It's massive," Briscoe pointed out. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas follower. That is actually the vehicle I cheered for growing. I have actually found that car gain opportunity as well as time and time again, gain a championship."' I was actually sobbing'-- Pursuit Briscoe on winning Cook Out Southern 500 Busch, who got on somewhat fresher tires in the end, only could not find Briscoe and skipped the playoffs for the first time considering that 2012." Our experts failed to possess a lot velocity there through a large number of the competition," Busch mentioned. "We were only bogged down in traffic, and also we weren't able to rise via there. " Once our experts got out of bed there, I felt like those last 3 or even four restarts, our experts were visiting have a shot managing in the top-5. Yet at that point we had a shot for the win and just could not make it up there." Briscoe thanked Busch for dashing him clean." Listed below he remains in 2nd. I resemble, 'You have actually got to be actually joking me-- I have actually functioned 300 some laps to reach the lead, now Kyle is mosting likely to swipe it from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex and also Gibbs made the two playoff areas for winless motorists and also they both had some seconds to sweat as both were associated with wrecks.Truex found yourself creating it through only six aspects after getting in the nationality ensured a location if there was actually a repeat champion. He trashed on the second tour of the nationality and finished 36th, certainly not understanding if he will make the playoffs until the end of the 2nd phase." This is difficult," Truex said just before he knew whether he created the playoffs. "I simply dislike it for my team. ... They are worthy of far better. It is actually merely an error." NASCAR Cup Series: Southern 500 Features Gibbs was actually associated with a wreck along with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry got loosened while three-wide with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs managed to proceed and made it by 12 points. If he had actually been actually knocked senseless of the competition, he likely still would have produced it, but it will have been actually only by a couple of positions." Our experts just received managed definitely-- I would certainly point out grimy right certainly there-- that was regrettable," Gibbs pointed out. "That was actually certainly closer than it must possess been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a stomach pest throughout the whole entire ethnicity, sensation as if he was visiting either vomit or have a situation of looseness of the bowels throughout the entire race. He ended up 10th, and also along with Larson ending up fourth, exhausted Larson by one factor for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline is worth 15 playoff points (factors a driver may utilize to advance if he doesn't gain in the three-race playoff shots) while 2nd area costs 10. Larson, along with one of the most wins of any kind of driver this year, will possess gained a tiebreaker.Reddick, that thinks he caught the insect from his child, stated it was actually the worst he ever experienced in a race car." It was terrible on Sunday," Reddick pointed out." [I] awakened Sunday along with the very same wishing it would certainly be actually gone again." I felt great more or less completely up till the ethnicity. It simply has to possess been actually the polish off of [Transform] 2 or something. It simply really, truly got bad by the end of Stage 1. It just remained there the rest of the technique." Larson nearly gained the regular-season headline despite skipping the May nationality at Charlotte while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's not just that," Larson said. "I might have ended up at Michigan or finished at Iowa or completed at Chicago and not also been near today. I don't take a look at Indy as being the reason. That is actually merely aspect of my season. I wouldn't lose hope managing the Indy five hundred for 5 perk aspects." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually devoted many years dealing with motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, along with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Performance journal and also The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive much more coming from NASCAR Cup Collection Follow your preferences to obtain information regarding games, updates as well as more.