.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that introduced him into the NASCAR Cup Set playoffs while providing a pulverizing draft to chauffeurs planning to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe recorded the regular-season ending as he led the final 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th vehicle driver to make a playoff location along with a win, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to make the 16-driver playoff field." I knew it was actually going to be one of those do-or-die minutes," Briscoe claimed. "Our company referred to it prior to the nationality today, this is the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our experts performed all evening long, I recognized our team will reside in the mix." We implemented. And we resided in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher missed the cut through six factors while Bubba Wallace overlooked it by 27 points. For much of the nationality, Buescher and Wallace seemed to become in a strict struggle for the ultimate playoff location while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that additionally went winless this year, came up short as he finished second in the final two regular-season nationalities." Our ideal wasn't sufficient-- as straightforward as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and 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, Hunt Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and also Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the second consecutive full week, a driver needing a succeed to bring in the playoffs made it occur: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe went into the ethnicity 18th in the standings as well as 114 aspects responsible for the playoff deadline, meaning he possessed no other pathway to the playoffs other than to win.But it was more than that simple fact that made this an electrifying instant. He earned an area in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is actually finalizing in the end of the period. Briscoe, that broke a 93-race winless streak, drives the team's renowned No. 14 car that was actually very first driven through Tony Stewart." It's substantial," Briscoe mentioned. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That's the vehicle I cheered for growing up. I have actually viewed that automobile succeed opportunity as well as time and time again, gain a championship."' I was actually wailing'-- Hunt Briscoe on gaining Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, who was on slightly fresher tires by the end, simply could not see Briscoe as well as skipped the playoffs for the very first time due to the fact that 2012." Our experts didn't possess a lot velocity there by means of a majority of the race," Busch mentioned. "Our experts were actually simply mired in website traffic, as well as our team weren't able to get out of bed with there. " But once we got out of bed there, I seemed like those final 3 or even 4 restarts, our team were mosting likely to take a crack at managing in the top-5. However at that point our experts took a crack at for the gain as well as merely couldn't create it up there." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for dashing him tidy." Listed below he remains in second. I'm like, 'You have actually reached be kidding me-- I have actually functioned 300 some tours to get to the top, today Kyle is going to swipe it from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs earned both playoff places for winless chauffeurs and also they each had some instants to sweat as both were involved in wrecks.Truex ended up creating it by only 6 aspects after entering the ethnicity guaranteed an area if there was actually a repeat victor. He damaged on the second lap of the race and also completed 36th, certainly not understanding if he would certainly bring in the playoffs up until the end of the second stage." This is actually awful," Truex claimed just before he knew whether he made the playoffs. "I simply despise it for my staff. ... They are worthy of far better. It is actually merely a mistake." NASCAR Cup Collection: Southern 500 Emphasizes Gibbs was actually associated with a wreck with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry received loose while three-wide along with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs had the ability to carry on as well as made the cut by 12 factors. If he had actually been actually knocked out of the race, he likely still would possess made it, however it would certainly possess been merely by a number of positions." Our experts only got managed actually-- I would claim grimy right certainly there-- that was actually regrettable," Gibbs pointed out. "That was undoubtedly closer than it ought to possess been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a belly bug throughout the whole entire race, sensation as if he was mosting likely to either regurgitate or have a situation of looseness of the bowels throughout the whole entire race. He ended up 10th, as well as along with Larson finishing 4th, beat Larson through one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season label costs 15 playoff points (factors a chauffeur may utilize to evolve if he does not win in the three-race playoff rounds) while second location costs 10. Larson, along with one of the most wins of any driver this year, will possess won a tiebreaker.Reddick, that thinks he captured the insect from his kid, claimed it was the most awful he ever before felt in an ethnicity auto." It was actually horrendous on Sunday," Reddick mentioned." [I] got up Sunday with the same hoping it would be gone again." I really felt excellent basically all the way up till the ethnicity. It just needs to possess been the polish off of [Turn] 2 or even one thing. It simply definitely, really obtained poor by the end of Phase 1. It merely remained there the remainder of the way." Larson nearly won the regular-season headline in spite of skipping the May ethnicity at Charlotte while he competed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It is actually not merely that one," Larson said. "I can have finished at Michigan or finished at Iowa or even completed at Chicago as well as certainly not also been near today. I do not take a look at Indy as being actually the reason. That is actually merely aspect of my time. I wouldn't give up operating the Indy five hundred for five benefit points." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually devoted decades dealing with motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene magazine and also The (Daytona Seaside) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get a lot more coming from NASCAR Cup Set Observe your preferences to get relevant information regarding activities, news and also even more.