.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off success Sunday that released him into the NASCAR Mug Collection playoffs while supplying a squashing blow to drivers intending to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe recorded the regular-season finale as he led the final 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th driver to gain a playoff location with a gain, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to make the 16-driver playoff area." I recognized it was actually visiting be one of those do-or-die moments," Briscoe stated. "Our team talked about it just before the ethnicity today, this is actually the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our company executed all night long, I recognized we would certainly remain in the mix." Our team implemented. As well as we resided in the mix in the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the reduced through 6 aspects while Bubba Wallace skipped it by 27 points. For a lot of the ethnicity, Buescher and Wallace seemed to be in a strict war for the ultimate playoff area while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, who also went winless this year, came up short as he ended up second in the ultimate 2 regular-season nationalities." Our ideal wasn't sufficient-- as straightforward as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also 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, Pursuit Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman as well as Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the second consecutive week, a motorist requiring a succeed to make the playoffs made it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe went into the nationality 18th in the standings as well as 114 points behind the playoff deadline, indicating he had no other course to the playoffs other than to win.But it was actually moreover fact that made this an exciting moment. He gained an area in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is actually finalizing at the end of the time. Briscoe, who popped a 93-race winless touch, drives the group's renowned No. 14 automobile that was first driven through Tony Stewart." It is actually massive," Briscoe stated. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That's the automobile I cheered for maturing. I have actually found that auto win time and over and over again, gain a championship."' I was actually weeping'-- Hunt Briscoe on gaining Southern 500 Busch, that was on somewhat fresher tires at the end, merely could not get Briscoe and also missed out on the playoffs for the first time since 2012." We really did not have much rate there by means of a majority of the race," Busch pointed out. "Our experts were simply stuck in website traffic, as well as our experts weren't able to rise via there. " Once our experts got out of bed there, I seemed like those final three or even 4 restarts, our experts were actually heading to have a shot managing in the top-5. However at that point we took a crack at for the gain and also just couldn't make it up there." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for racing him tidy." Listed here he is in 2nd. I resemble, 'You've come to be kidding me-- I've operated 300 some laps to come to the lead, now Kyle is actually going to take it coming from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck As well as AdvanceTruex and Gibbs got both playoff spots for winless vehicle drivers and they both had some moments to sweat as both were involved in wrecks.Truex ended up making it by simply six factors after going into the ethnicity assured an area if there was a regular victor. He trashed on the second tour of the race and also completed 36th, not understanding if he would bring in the playoffs up until completion of the 2nd phase." This is actually unpleasant," Truex pointed out just before he recognized whether he created the playoffs. "I simply despise it for my crew. ... They are entitled to better. It's merely a mistake." NASCAR Mug Set: Southern five hundred Emphasizes Gibbs was associated with a wreckage along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry got loosened while three-wide with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs managed to carry on and made it through 12 aspects. If he had been knocked out of the race, he likely still would have made it, yet it will possess been actually only through a couple of placements." We only received managed really-- I would point out filthy right there certainly-- that was unlucky," Gibbs mentioned. "That was absolutely closer than it must have been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a belly insect throughout the whole entire ethnicity, feeling as if he was heading to either regurgitate or possess an instance of looseness of the bowels throughout the whole entire race. He ended up 10th, and along with Larson finishing 4th, beat Larson by one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season title deserves 15 playoff factors (aspects a driver can make use of to advance if he doesn't gain in the three-race playoff rounds) while 2nd place costs 10. Larson, along with the most victories of any type of driver this year, would have gained a tiebreaker.Reddick, that believes he recorded the bug from his child, stated it was actually the most awful he ever before felt in an ethnicity auto." It was dreadful on Saturday," Reddick pointed out." [I] woke up Sunday along with the same hoping it would be returned." I experienced excellent pretty much completely up till the nationality. It only needs to have been actually the rub out of [Switch] 2 or even something. It merely actually, truly obtained negative by the end of Phase 1. It just kept there the rest of the method." Larson virtually won the regular-season headline in spite of overlooking the May nationality at Charlotte while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It's certainly not only that people," Larson mentioned. "I could possess finished at Michigan or even ended up at Iowa or even completed at Chicago and not even been actually shut today. I do not look at Indy as being the reason that. That's simply component of my time. I would not quit managing the Indy 500 for five perk aspects." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has devoted years covering motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Performance publication as well as The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive more from NASCAR Mug Set Follow your favorites to receive info concerning games, headlines and also additional.