.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that released him into the NASCAR Mug Set playoffs while providing a crushing blow to vehicle drivers wishing to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe caught the regular-season ending as he led the ultimate 26 tours of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th chauffeur to make a playoff location along with a gain, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to create the 16-driver playoff area." I knew it was mosting likely to be among those do-or-die seconds," Briscoe claimed. "Our company discussed it before the nationality today, this is actually the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our team implemented all evening long, I knew our company will remain in the mix." Our experts performed. And also our experts were in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the cut by 6 aspects while Bubba Wallace overlooked it through 27 aspects. For a lot of the ethnicity, Buescher and Wallace appeared to become in a limited fight for the last playoff place while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, came up short as he finished second in the last 2 regular-season ethnicities." Our greatest had not been satisfactory-- 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 Bell, 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 finale, where for the 2nd consecutive full week, a vehicle driver needing to have a succeed to create the playoffs created it occur: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got in the race 18th in the status and also 114 aspects responsible for the playoff deadline, implying he had no other pathway to the playoffs other than to win.But it was actually more simple fact that created this a thrilling moment. He got a spot in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is actually shutting by the end of the time. Briscoe, that popped a 93-race winless touch, steers the group's iconic No. 14 automobile that was 1st steered by Tony Stewart." It's massive," Briscoe stated. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That is actually the automobile I cheered for growing up. I have actually observed that cars and truck win opportunity and also over and over again, win a championship."' I was actually bursting into tears'-- Chase Briscoe on gaining Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, who was on slightly fresher tires at the end, only could not catch Briscoe and also skipped the playoffs for the very first time because 2012." We really did not possess a lot velocity there through a majority of the competition," Busch claimed. "We were actually merely stuck in visitor traffic, and our team weren't able to rise via there. " But once our experts got up there certainly, I felt like those last 3 or four restarts, we were visiting take a crack at managing in the top-5. But after that we had a shot for the win as well as merely could not make it up there." Briscoe thanked Busch for racing him tidy." Here he is in second. I'm like, 'You have actually come to be actually joking me-- I've operated 300 some laps to get to the lead, today Kyle is mosting likely to take it from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck As well as AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs earned the two playoff locations for winless motorists as well as they each possessed some moments to sweat as both were involved in wrecks.Truex found yourself making it by only 6 aspects after going into the ethnicity promised a spot if there was actually a replay champion. He ravaged on the second lap of the nationality and completed 36th, not understanding if he would bring in the playoffs till completion of the second stage." This is actually unhappy," Truex claimed before he recognized whether he made the playoffs. "I merely dislike it for my staff. ... They deserve much better. It's merely a blunder." NASCAR Mug Collection: Cook Out Southern 500 Emphasizes Gibbs was associated with a wreckage with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry acquired loosened while three-wide with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs had the ability to continue and made it through 12 points. If he had been actually knocked out of the competition, he likely still would certainly possess created it, however it would certainly possess been simply by a couple of placements." Our team merely got ran actually-- I would certainly mention dirty right certainly there-- that was unlucky," Gibbs mentioned. "That was actually most definitely closer than it should possess been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a stomach pest throughout the entire race, sensation as if he was visiting either regurgitate or possess a situation of looseness of the bowels throughout the whole entire nationality. He ended up 10th, as well as with Larson ending up fourth, exhausted Larson through one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season title deserves 15 playoff points (points a driver can utilize to advance if he doesn't gain in the three-race playoff shots) while second spot deserves 10. Larson, with the most victories of any type of motorist this year, would have succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, that believes he recorded the pest from his little one, claimed it was awful he ever felt in a nationality vehicle." It was horrendous on Sunday," Reddick said." [I] woke up Sunday with the very same wishing it will be actually gone again." I really felt excellent practically all the way up until the ethnicity. It merely must possess been the rub out of [Transform] 2 or something. It only truly, really acquired bad by the end of Phase 1. It merely kept there the rest of the technique." Larson nearly won the regular-season headline regardless of missing the May race at Charlotte nc while he competed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually not just that a person," Larson pointed out. "I could have ended up at Michigan or even ended up at Iowa or even finished at Chicago as well as certainly not also been actually shut today. I do not check out Indy as being the reason that. That is actually simply aspect of my time. I definitely would not give up managing the Indy 500 for five bonus offer factors." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has invested many years dealing with motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Performance journal and The (Daytona Seaside) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain much more from NASCAR Cup Series Follow your faves to get relevant information regarding games, news and also additional.