.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that released him into the NASCAR Cup Collection playoffs while supplying a crushing draft to vehicle drivers expecting to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe caught the regular-season finale as he led the last 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th driver to make a playoff spot along with a succeed, leaving Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless chauffeurs to create the 16-driver playoff industry." I recognized it was actually mosting likely to be among those do-or-die seconds," Briscoe said. "Our team spoke about it prior to the nationality today, this is the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our experts carried out all night long, I knew our company would remain in the mix." We performed. As well as our experts remained in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher skipped the cut by six factors while Bubba Wallace overlooked it through 27 aspects. For much of the ethnicity, Buescher and Wallace seemed to be in a tight war for the ultimate playoff location while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, who additionally went winless this year, lost as he finished second in the ultimate 2 regular-season nationalities." Our finest had not been acceptable-- as easy as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and Gibbs in the playoffs are actually Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champ), Kyle Larson, Christopher Alarm, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Pursuit Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the second successive week, a chauffeur needing to have a win to make the playoffs created it occur: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got in the ethnicity 18th in the status as well as 114 points behind the playoff deadline, meaning he had no other path to the playoffs except to win.But it was more than that simple fact that created this an electrifying moment. He gained an area in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is closing by the end of the time. Briscoe, who popped a 93-race winless touch, steers the crew's iconic No. 14 cars and truck that was initial driven through Tony Stewart." It is actually large," Briscoe said. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That's the car I cheered for maturing. I have actually viewed that auto win time and over and over again, succeed a championship."' I was actually crying'-- Pursuit Briscoe on winning Cook Out Southern 500 Busch, that was on somewhat fresher tires at the end, just could not catch Briscoe and also missed the playoffs for the very first time given that 2012." Our company failed to possess a lot rate there by means of a large number of the race," Busch stated. "We were actually just stuck in traffic, and also our company weren't able to get out of bed with there. " Once our team got up there, I thought that those last 3 or even 4 restarts, we were actually mosting likely to take a crack at running in the top-5. But then our experts took a crack at for the gain and just could not make it apex." Briscoe thanked Busch for dashing him tidy." Listed here he remains in second. I feel like, 'You have actually reached be joking me-- I've functioned 300 some laps to reach the top, now Kyle is actually going to swipe it coming from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex and also Gibbs made the 2 playoff spots for winless vehicle drivers as well as they both had some instants to sweat as each were associated with wrecks.Truex found yourself creating it through just six points after entering into the ethnicity guaranteed a spot if there was actually a replay winner. He ravaged on the second tour of the race and finished 36th, certainly not understanding if he would certainly create the playoffs until the end of the 2nd phase." This is actually miserable," Truex pointed out just before he knew whether he brought in the playoffs. "I just despise it for my crew. ... They deserve better. It is actually simply a blunder." NASCAR Mug Collection: Cook Out Southern 500 Highlights Gibbs was actually associated with a wreckage with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry obtained loose while three-wide with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs had the capacity to carry on as well as made the cut by 12 factors. If he had actually been knocked senseless of the race, he likely still would certainly have produced it, but it would have been actually only through a number of placements." Our company only acquired managed definitely-- I would certainly mention filthy right there-- that was unfavorable," Gibbs said. "That was actually certainly closer than it needs to have been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick combated a tummy bug throughout the whole race, sensation as if he was actually visiting either throw up or possess a situation of looseness of the bowels throughout the whole race. He wound up 10th, and also along with Larson completing fourth, beat Larson by one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline deserves 15 playoff factors (factors a vehicle driver can easily make use of to advance if he does not win in the three-race playoff shots) while second spot is worth 10. Larson, along with one of the most success of any driver this year, would have won a tiebreaker.Reddick, who believes he recorded the insect from his child, mentioned it was actually awful he ever before felt in a nationality vehicle." It was actually awful on Sunday," Reddick claimed." [I] awakened Sunday with the same wishing it will be actually returned." I experienced excellent essentially all the way up till the nationality. It only must have been actually the polish off of [Turn] 2 or one thing. It only truly, definitely acquired bad due to the end of Stage 1. It just kept there the remainder of the technique." Larson almost gained the regular-season title regardless of skipping the May race at Charlotte while he competed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's certainly not just that a person," Larson claimed. "I can possess ended up at Michigan or finished at Iowa or even ended up at Chicago and not also been actually near today. I do not take a look at Indy as being actually the reason. That is actually simply aspect of my season. I definitely would not give up operating the Indy 500 for five benefit points." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has devoted decades covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Performance publication as well as The (Daytona Seaside) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get more coming from NASCAR Cup Set Observe your preferences to get details about games, news as well as even more.