.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe resisted Kyle Busch for a walk-off success Sunday that launched him into the NASCAR Mug Collection playoffs while providing a squashing draft to chauffeurs hoping to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season finale as he led the last 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th driver to gain a playoff location with a succeed, leaving Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to create the 16-driver playoff field." I understood it was actually mosting likely to be among those do-or-die moments," Briscoe stated. "Our experts referred to it before the nationality today, this is actually the final bullet in the chamber. ... If we performed all night long, I understood our company will remain in the mix." We performed. As well as our team remained in the mix in the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the cut by 6 points while Bubba Wallace missed it through 27 points. For a lot of the nationality, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to become in a strict fight for the final playoff location while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, who additionally went winless this year, came up short as he completed second in the last 2 regular-season races." Our finest wasn't 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 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 finale, where for the second consecutive week, a driver needing to have a succeed to make the playoffs made it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got into the nationality 18th in the status and also 114 aspects behind the playoff cutoff, suggesting he had not one other course to the playoffs other than to win.But it was actually moreover reality that made this an exciting minute. He made a location in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is finalizing in the end of the time. Briscoe, that broke a 93-race winless streak, steers the staff's well-known No. 14 car that was actually 1st driven by Tony Stewart." It's large," Briscoe claimed. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That's the car I cheered for growing. I've viewed that automobile gain opportunity and also time and time again, win a champion."' I was bursting into tears'-- Hunt Briscoe on gaining Southern five hundred Busch, that was on slightly fresher tires in the end, simply could not find Briscoe as well as missed out on the playoffs for the first time due to the fact that 2012." Our experts didn't have much rate there with a large number of the competition," Busch claimed. "Our team were actually only mired in website traffic, and our team weren't able to stand up by means of there. " But once our team got up there, I believed that those last 3 or four restarts, we were actually visiting take a crack at managing in the top-5. However at that point our experts had a shot for the succeed as well as simply couldn't create it apex." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for competing him well-maintained." Listed here he resides in 2nd. I feel like, 'You've come to be kidding me-- I've worked 300 some tours to come to the top, right now Kyle is actually mosting likely to steal it from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex and also Gibbs made both playoff areas for winless motorists and they each had some moments to sweat as both were associated with wrecks.Truex found yourself making it through only six aspects after entering the ethnicity guaranteed a spot if there was a replay champion. He trashed on the 2nd tour of the race as well as completed 36th, not knowing if he would bring in the playoffs until the end of the second phase." This is unhappy," Truex mentioned before he understood whether he brought in the playoffs. "I merely detest it for my staff. ... They are entitled to far better. It is actually only an oversight." NASCAR Mug Collection: Cook Out Southern 500 Features Gibbs was actually associated with a wreckage along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry obtained loosened while three-wide along with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs was able to carry on and made the cut through 12 aspects. If he had actually been actually knocked out of the competition, he likely still would certainly have created it, however it will have been only by a number of settings." Our experts just acquired ran truly-- I will point out unclean right there certainly-- that was actually regrettable," Gibbs pointed out. "That was actually certainly closer than it ought to have been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick combated a stomach pest throughout the entire ethnicity, sensation as if he was heading to either throw up or even have a situation of looseness of the bowels throughout the entire ethnicity. He wound up 10th, and with Larson finishing fourth, beat Larson through one factor for the regular-season title.The regular-season label is worth 15 playoff aspects (aspects a chauffeur can easily make use of to advance if he does not succeed in the three-race playoff shots) while 2nd area is worth 10. Larson, with the absolute most wins of any kind of driver this year, would certainly possess won a tiebreaker.Reddick, who thinks he recorded the bug from his little one, mentioned it was actually the most awful he ever before felt in a race cars and truck." It was actually awful on Saturday," Reddick claimed." [I] woke up Sunday along with the exact same hoping it would be actually gone again." I really felt excellent more or less completely up till the race. It merely needs to possess been the polish off of [Switch] 2 or even one thing. It merely definitely, definitely received bad due to the end of Phase 1. It just stayed there the rest of the technique." Larson almost succeeded the regular-season headline in spite of overlooking the May nationality at Charlotte nc while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's certainly not merely that one," Larson claimed. "I could possess finished at Michigan or finished at Iowa or even finished at Chicago as well as not even been actually close today. I do not consider Indy as being the reason why. That's only component of my season. I wouldn't give up managing the Indy 500 for five bonus aspects." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has devoted many years dealing with motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with assignments at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene journal and The (Daytona Seaside) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get more from NASCAR Cup Set Observe your favorites to get relevant information regarding activities, information and additional.