.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that released him in to the NASCAR Mug Series playoffs while supplying a squashing blow to drivers expecting to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe recorded the regular-season finale as he led the last 26 tours of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th vehicle driver to get a playoff place along with a gain, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless chauffeurs to create the 16-driver playoff field." I knew it was mosting likely to be one of those do-or-die minutes," Briscoe said. "Our experts referred to it just before the ethnicity today, this is actually the last bullet in the enclosure. ... If we performed all evening long, I understood we will reside in the mix." Our team implemented. And our experts resided in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher skipped the reduced by six points while Bubba Wallace skipped it by 27 points. For much of the ethnicity, Buescher as well as Wallace appeared to be in a limited war for the last playoff place while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, who likewise went winless this year, lost as he finished second in the ultimate 2 regular-season nationalities." Our absolute best wasn't adequate-- as basic as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and Gibbs in the playoffs are actually Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champion), Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Hunt Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the second successive full week, a vehicle driver requiring a win to bring in the playoffs created it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got into the race 18th in the standings and also 114 aspects responsible for the playoff deadline, meaning he possessed nothing else path to the playoffs other than to win.But it was more than that simple fact that made this an exhilarating minute. He got a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is actually finalizing in the end of the time. Briscoe, that broke a 93-race winless touch, steers the staff's iconic No. 14 car that was actually first steered by Tony Stewart." It's substantial," Briscoe claimed. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That is actually the auto I cheered for maturing. I have actually found that cars and truck win opportunity as well as time and time again, gain a champion."' I was actually bursting into tears'-- Hunt Briscoe on winning Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, that was on somewhat fresher tires in the end, just couldn't get Briscoe as well as missed the playoffs for the first time because 2012." Our team really did not possess a lot rate there via a large number of the competition," Busch claimed. "Our experts were actually just snared in traffic, and our team weren't able to get out of bed through there. " Once our company got out of bed there, I seemed like those last three or even 4 restarts, we were going to have a shot managing in the top-5. But at that point our team took a crack at for the gain and just could not make it apex." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for competing him well-maintained." Here he remains in 2nd. I resemble, 'You have actually got to be actually kidding me-- I've worked 300 some laps to come to the lead, today Kyle is actually heading to take it from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex and Gibbs made the 2 playoff places for winless chauffeurs as well as they both possessed some instants to sweat as both were associated with wrecks.Truex wound up creating it through merely 6 points after getting into the ethnicity ensured a spot if there was actually a replay victor. He damaged on the second tour of the race as well as completed 36th, not understanding if he would make the playoffs up until completion of the 2nd stage." This is awful," Truex mentioned before he understood whether he brought in the playoffs. "I only dislike it for my group. ... They ought to have much better. It's only an oversight." NASCAR Cup Set: Southern 500 Highlights Gibbs was associated with a wreck with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry got loosened while three-wide along with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs was able to carry on and made it by 12 aspects. If he had actually been actually knocked out of the competition, he likely still will have produced it, yet it would certainly possess been merely by a number of placements." We simply acquired ran really-- I would claim dirty right there-- that was actually unfavorable," Gibbs said. "That was undoubtedly closer than it should possess been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick combated a stomach insect throughout the entire ethnicity, sensation as if he was actually mosting likely to either vomit or even have a scenario of diarrhea throughout the entire ethnicity. He wound up 10th, and also with Larson ending up 4th, exhausted Larson through one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline is worth 15 playoff aspects (aspects a motorist can utilize to advance if he doesn't gain in the three-race playoff rounds) while second area is worth 10. Larson, along with one of the most wins of any sort of motorist this year, would possess succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, that thinks he caught the insect coming from his little one, stated it was the most awful he ever experienced in a nationality cars and truck." It was actually horrible on Saturday," Reddick pointed out." [I] got out of bed Sunday along with the same wishing it would be actually returned." I really felt really good virtually right up till the race. It only must possess been the polish off of [Turn] 2 or something. It just truly, truly obtained poor due to the end of Stage 1. It merely stayed there the remainder of the means." Larson almost succeeded the regular-season headline in spite of missing the May nationality at Charlotte while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually certainly not just that a person," Larson stated. "I could have completed at Michigan or even finished at Iowa or even ended up at Chicago and also certainly not even been actually shut today. I do not check out Indy as being actually the reason why. That is actually simply aspect of my time. I definitely would not give up running the Indy 500 for five reward factors." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has spent decades dealing with motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Performance journal and also The (Daytona Seaside) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get extra from NASCAR Cup Collection Follow your faves to receive relevant information concerning games, information and even more.