.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that released him in to the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs while supplying a squashing draft to chauffeurs planning to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season finale as he led the final 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th driver to get a playoff place along with a succeed, leaving Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to create the 16-driver playoff field." I understood it was actually mosting likely to be among those do-or-die instants," Briscoe claimed. "Our team talked about it before the ethnicity today, this is the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our experts executed all evening long, I knew our company would certainly reside in the mix." Our team executed. As well as our experts resided in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher skipped the cut by six points while Bubba Wallace overlooked it by 27 factors. For a lot of the nationality, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to be in a limited war for the last playoff spot while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, lost as he completed second in the final 2 regular-season nationalities." Our best wasn't sufficient-- as easy 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, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman as well as Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the 2nd consecutive full week, a chauffeur needing to have a win to create the playoffs made it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got into the ethnicity 18th in the status and also 114 factors responsible for the playoff deadline, suggesting he had nothing else pathway to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was more than that simple fact that created this a thrilling instant. He gained a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is actually shutting by the end of the time. Briscoe, who snapped a 93-race winless streak, steers the team's iconic No. 14 auto that was actually very first steered by Tony Stewart." It is actually huge," Briscoe claimed. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That's the automobile I cheered for growing up. I've viewed that car succeed opportunity as well as over and over again, win a championship."' I was sobbing'-- Pursuit Briscoe on gaining Southern five hundred Busch, that was on slightly fresher tires by the end, only couldn't get Briscoe and also overlooked the playoffs for the first time because 2012." Our team didn't have a lot rate there via a large number of the race," Busch pointed out. "Our team were just bogged down in traffic, and also our experts weren't able to get up via there. " Once our team rose there, I seemed like those last three or four restarts, our company were going to have a shot running in the top-5. But at that point our team took a crack at for the gain and merely could not make it apex." Briscoe thanked Busch for competing him well-maintained." Right here he is in 2nd. I'm like, 'You've reached be actually joking me-- I have actually functioned 300 some tours to come to the top, today Kyle is actually going to steal it from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck As well as AdvanceTruex and also Gibbs earned the two playoff spots for winless vehicle drivers as well as they each possessed some seconds to sweat as each were actually involved in wrecks.Truex wound up making it through only 6 points after entering the race promised a spot if there was a repeat winner. He trashed on the second lap of the ethnicity and finished 36th, not recognizing if he will bring in the playoffs till completion of the second stage." This is actually awful," Truex pointed out prior to he understood whether he created the playoffs. "I just hate it for my group. ... They ought to have far better. It's merely an oversight." NASCAR Cup Collection: Cook Out Southern five hundred Emphasizes Gibbs was actually involved in an accident with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry obtained loosened while three-wide with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs had the ability to proceed as well as made it by 12 aspects. If he had been knocked senseless of the race, he likely still would certainly possess produced it, but it will possess been just by a couple of settings." We just got managed really-- I will mention dirty right certainly there-- that was actually unfavorable," Gibbs pointed out. "That was actually absolutely closer than it must have been actually." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a tummy pest throughout the whole nationality, emotion as if he was actually visiting either vomit or possess a situation of looseness of the bowels throughout the entire nationality. He ended up 10th, and along with Larson finishing fourth, exhausted Larson through one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season title costs 15 playoff points (aspects a motorist may utilize to evolve if he does not win in the three-race playoff rounds) while second location deserves 10. Larson, with the most triumphes of any driver this year, will possess succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, that feels he caught the insect coming from his child, stated it was actually awful he ever before felt in a nationality car." It was awful on Sunday," Reddick pointed out." [I] awakened Sunday along with the same hoping it will be gone again." I really felt really good basically completely up until the race. It simply has to have been the rub out of [Switch] 2 or one thing. It merely really, really received bad due to the end of Phase 1. It just kept there the remainder of the means." Larson virtually succeeded the regular-season title regardless of missing out on the May ethnicity at Charlotte nc while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It is actually certainly not simply that," Larson stated. "I might possess finished at Michigan or even ended up at Iowa or even finished at Chicago and certainly not also been near today. I do not check out Indy as being the reason why. That is actually only component of my period. I definitely would not give up managing the Indy five hundred for five benefit factors." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has devoted years covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene journal and also The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire more from NASCAR Cup Series Follow your favorites to get details regarding activities, updates and more.