.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off success Sunday that released him in to the NASCAR Mug Set playoffs while delivering a crushing blow to motorists hoping to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe recorded the regular-season ending as he led the final 26 laps of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th vehicle driver to gain a playoff area with a succeed, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless chauffeurs to make the 16-driver playoff industry." I understood it was heading to be one of those do-or-die instants," Briscoe mentioned. "Our team referred to it just before the nationality today, this is actually the final bullet in the enclosure. ... If we executed all evening long, I understood we would certainly reside in the mix." Our team implemented. And also we were in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher skipped the reduced by 6 aspects while Bubba Wallace overlooked it by 27 points. For much of the ethnicity, Buescher as well as Wallace appeared to become in a strict battle for the ultimate playoff spot while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, who additionally went winless this year, lost as he ended up second in the final pair of regular-season races." Our ideal had not been satisfactory-- as simple as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex as well as Gibbs in the playoffs are actually Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champion), Kyle Larson, Christopher Alarm, 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 finale, where for the 2nd successive full week, a vehicle driver needing a win to bring in the playoffs made it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered into the race 18th in the status as well as 114 points behind the playoff deadline, indicating he had no other course to the playoffs except to win.But it was more than that fact that created this an exhilarating instant. He gained an area in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is actually finalizing in the end of the period. Briscoe, who snapped a 93-race winless touch, drives the group's iconic No. 14 auto that was actually very first driven through Tony Stewart." It is actually huge," Briscoe mentioned. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas supporter. That's the vehicle I cheered for growing. I've found that vehicle win time as well as over and over again, win a champion."' I was bursting into tears'-- Pursuit Briscoe on winning Southern five hundred Busch, that was on a little fresher tires at the end, merely could not catch Briscoe as well as missed out on the playoffs for the very first time due to the fact that 2012." Our company failed to possess a lot rate there through a majority of the competition," Busch stated. "Our team were actually merely mired in web traffic, as well as our experts weren't capable to get out of bed through there. " But once our experts got out of bed there, I believed that those last 3 or four restarts, our experts were actually going to take a crack at running in the top-5. But after that our experts had a shot for the succeed and also merely could not create it apex." Briscoe thanked Busch for dashing him clean." Right here he remains in 2nd. I'm like, 'You've got to be actually kidding me-- I've operated 300 some laps to come to the lead, right now Kyle is actually mosting likely to swipe it coming from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs gained both playoff places for winless chauffeurs as well as they each had some minutes to sweat as both were actually associated with wrecks.Truex wound up creating it through simply six factors after entering the ethnicity ensured an area if there was actually a replay victor. He ravaged on the second tour of the ethnicity and also ended up 36th, not recognizing if he would create the playoffs up until completion of the 2nd stage." This is miserable," Truex stated just before he understood whether he brought in the playoffs. "I simply dislike it for my crew. ... They are worthy of better. It is actually just a mistake." NASCAR Cup Series: Southern five hundred Features Gibbs was involved in a wreckage along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry got loose while three-wide with Gibbs and also Hamlin. Gibbs was able to continue and made the cut by 12 aspects. If he had actually been knocked senseless of the race, he likely still would have made it, however it would have been actually only by a number of settings." Our experts merely acquired operated really-- I will say dirty right certainly there-- that was unlucky," Gibbs said. "That was undoubtedly closer than it ought to possess been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a stomach insect throughout the entire nationality, feeling as if he was heading to either vomit or have a situation of looseness of the bowels throughout the whole ethnicity. He ended up 10th, and with Larson completing 4th, exhausted Larson by one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season label costs 15 playoff aspects (points a driver can easily use to accelerate if he doesn't win in the three-race playoff shots) while 2nd spot deserves 10. Larson, with one of the most victories of any driver this year, would have succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, that believes he caught the insect from his youngster, mentioned it was awful he ever really felt in a nationality automobile." It was actually dreadful on Sunday," Reddick mentioned." [I] got out of bed Sunday with the exact same wishing it will be actually returned." I felt good basically completely up till the race. It simply has to possess been actually the polish off of [Turn] 2 or even something. It just truly, truly acquired bad by the end of Phase 1. It only kept there the rest of the method." Larson almost won the regular-season label even with skipping the May nationality at Charlotte nc while he competed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually certainly not only that people," Larson said. "I might have finished at Michigan or even completed at Iowa or even finished at Chicago and also certainly not even been near today. I do not check out Indy as being the reason. That's only portion of my time. I wouldn't quit running the Indy five hundred for 5 bonus offer aspects." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has spent decades covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Performance publication and The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get much more from NASCAR Mug Set Observe your favorites to acquire details concerning activities, headlines and also additional.