.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that introduced him in to the NASCAR Cup Set playoffs while providing a pulverizing blow to chauffeurs hoping to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe caught the regular-season finale as he led the ultimate 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th chauffeur to get a playoff location with a gain, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to make the 16-driver playoff field." I knew it was actually mosting likely to be among those do-or-die instants," Briscoe mentioned. "We referred to it just before the race today, this is the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our experts carried out all evening long, I recognized our experts will reside in the mix." Our experts performed. And also our team remained in the mix in the end." Chris Buescher missed the cut by 6 aspects while Bubba Wallace missed it through 27 points. For a lot of the nationality, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to be in a limited struggle for the last playoff spot while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that also went winless this year, came up short as he finished second in the last 2 regular-season ethnicities." Our absolute best had not been satisfactory-- as easy 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, Pursuit Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman as well as Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the second successive full week, a motorist needing a succeed to create the playoffs created it occur: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe went into the nationality 18th in the standings and also 114 factors responsible for the playoff cutoff, implying he possessed no other road to the playoffs other than to win.But it was actually more than that reality that made this an exciting second. He got a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is closing in the end of the season. Briscoe, who snapped a 93-race winless streak, steers the crew's renowned No. 14 vehicle that was actually initial steered through Tony Stewart." It's massive," Briscoe claimed. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That's the auto I cheered for maturing. I've observed that car gain opportunity and over and over again, win a champion."' I was actually sobbing'-- Chase Briscoe on gaining Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, who got on slightly fresher tires at the end, only could not catch Briscoe and also overlooked the playoffs for the first time given that 2012." Our experts didn't possess much rate there with a large number of the competition," Busch said. "We were actually simply snared in web traffic, and our company weren't able to rise by means of there. " But once we got out of bed there certainly, I felt like those last 3 or even 4 restarts, our team were visiting take a crack at managing in the top-5. Yet after that our company took a crack at for the win and only could not make it apex." Briscoe thanked Busch for dashing him well-maintained." Here he remains in second. I resemble, 'You've come to be actually kidding me-- I've worked 300 some laps to reach the lead, right now Kyle is heading to swipe it coming from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck As well as AdvanceTruex and Gibbs gained both playoff locations for winless motorists and also they both possessed some minutes to sweat as both were actually associated with wrecks.Truex ended up making it by only 6 aspects after going into the ethnicity promised a spot if there was a regular champion. He wrecked on the second lap of the race as well as finished 36th, certainly not understanding if he will create the playoffs until completion of the second phase." This is unpleasant," Truex mentioned just before he understood whether he made the playoffs. "I just hate it for my crew. ... They ought to have much better. It is actually only a mistake." NASCAR Mug Collection: Southern five hundred Emphasizes Gibbs was actually involved in a wreck along with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry obtained loosened while three-wide along with Gibbs and also Hamlin. Gibbs had the capacity to continue and also made it by 12 aspects. If he had actually been actually knocked out of the race, he likely still would certainly have made it, yet it would have been simply by a couple of settings." We merely received managed really-- I would mention filthy right there certainly-- that was regrettable," Gibbs said. "That was actually definitely closer than it ought to possess been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a stomach insect throughout the entire race, emotion as if he was actually visiting either throw up or even have a scenario of looseness of the bowels throughout the whole race. He wound up 10th, as well as with Larson completing 4th, exhausted Larson through one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season title costs 15 playoff factors (aspects a driver may utilize to accelerate if he doesn't succeed in the three-race playoff rounds) while second place deserves 10. Larson, along with the most success of any sort of chauffeur this year, would certainly possess succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, that thinks he recorded the pest from his kid, mentioned it was actually the most awful he ever experienced in a race car." It was actually horrible on Sunday," Reddick stated." [I] got up Sunday with the very same wishing it will be returned." I experienced excellent practically right up till the ethnicity. It just has to possess been the polish off of [Switch] 2 or something. It just actually, truly received bad due to the end of Stage 1. It merely stayed there the remainder of the method." Larson virtually won the regular-season label even with skipping the May ethnicity at Charlotte nc while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually not only that," Larson said. "I can possess completed at Michigan or completed at Iowa or even finished at Chicago as well as not also been close today. I do not check out Indy as being actually the reason. That is actually just component of my season. I would not lose hope managing the Indy five hundred for 5 benefit points." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually invested years covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene publication as well as The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive extra from NASCAR Cup Collection Observe your preferences to acquire relevant information about video games, information and even more.