.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that released him in to the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs while delivering a squashing blow to drivers expecting to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season ending as he led the ultimate 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th motorist to make a playoff spot along with a win, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to make the 16-driver playoff area." I understood it was actually going to be among those do-or-die seconds," Briscoe stated. "Our experts spoke about it before the race today, this is the last bullet in the chamber. ... If our team carried out all evening long, I knew we would certainly be in the mix." We implemented. And our company were in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher missed the cut through 6 points while Bubba Wallace missed it through 27 factors. For much of the race, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to become in a limited struggle for the final playoff place while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, who also went winless this year, came up short as he completed second in the ultimate two regular-season ethnicities." Our finest wasn't acceptable-- as simple as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and Gibbs in the playoffs are Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champion), Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and also Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the second successive full week, a driver needing a win to make the playoffs made it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got into the nationality 18th in the status and 114 aspects behind the playoff deadline, implying he had nothing else course to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was actually more than that truth that created this a thrilling moment. He gained a location in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is closing at the end of the season. Briscoe, who broke a 93-race winless touch, steers the crew's legendary No. 14 auto that was first driven through Tony Stewart." It's substantial," Briscoe said. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That's the cars and truck I cheered for maturing. I've seen that automobile gain time and time and time again, succeed a championship."' I was crying'-- Chase Briscoe on gaining Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, who got on a little fresher tires at the end, simply could not catch Briscoe as well as missed the playoffs for the first time because 2012." We failed to possess much rate there via a bulk of the competition," Busch mentioned. "Our company were actually merely bogged down in web traffic, and our experts weren't able to get out of bed by means of there. " Once our team stood up certainly there, I believed that those last 3 or 4 restarts, our experts were actually mosting likely to have a shot managing in the top-5. However at that point we took a crack at for the succeed and just couldn't create it up there." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for racing him tidy." Here he remains in 2nd. I feel like, 'You have actually got to be actually kidding me-- I have actually functioned 300 some laps to come to the top, right now Kyle is going to take it coming from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs gained both playoff locations for winless motorists as well as they both possessed some moments to sweat as both were actually associated with wrecks.Truex ended up making it by simply 6 factors after getting into the nationality promised an area if there was actually a regular champion. He damaged on the 2nd lap of the ethnicity and also ended up 36th, not knowing if he will bring in the playoffs until completion of the 2nd phase." This is actually unhappy," Truex said just before he knew whether he created the playoffs. "I simply despise it for my team. ... They ought to have far better. It's only a blunder." NASCAR Mug Set: Southern five hundred Highlights Gibbs was associated with an accident along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry received loose while three-wide with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs was able to continue and also made the cut through 12 factors. If he had actually been knocked senseless of the race, he likely still would have produced it, however it would have been actually just through a couple of positions." Our experts just got ran truly-- I will say grimy right there certainly-- that was unfavorable," Gibbs said. "That was definitely closer than it needs to possess been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a belly insect throughout the entire nationality, feeling as if he was actually going to either regurgitate or have a case of diarrhea throughout the entire ethnicity. He ended up 10th, and along with Larson completing 4th, beat Larson by one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season label deserves 15 playoff aspects (factors a vehicle driver can easily use to evolve if he doesn't win in the three-race playoff shots) while second location is worth 10. Larson, with the best triumphes of any vehicle driver this year, would certainly possess gained a tiebreaker.Reddick, that feels he recorded the insect from his youngster, claimed it was actually the worst he ever really felt in a race vehicle." It was horrendous on Saturday," Reddick mentioned." [I] awakened Sunday along with the same hoping it would certainly be returned." I really felt great virtually completely up until the race. It only needs to have been the rub out of [Transform] 2 or something. It just really, definitely got negative by the end of Phase 1. It only remained there the remainder of the technique." Larson nearly won the regular-season title regardless of missing the May ethnicity at Charlotte nc while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually not only that people," Larson said. "I can possess completed at Michigan or even ended up at Iowa or even ended up at Chicago and also not even been near today. I don't consider Indy as being the reason that. That is actually simply aspect of my period. I wouldn't lose hope operating the Indy five hundred for 5 perk factors." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has spent decades dealing with motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, along with jobs at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Performance publication and also The (Daytona Seaside) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain a lot more from NASCAR Cup Series Observe your faves to get relevant information concerning activities, updates and also even more.