.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe postponed Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that launched him in to the NASCAR Cup Set playoffs while delivering a squashing draft to vehicle drivers planning to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe grabbed the regular-season finale as he led the last 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th driver to get a playoff place with a succeed, leaving Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless motorists to make the 16-driver playoff field." I recognized it was visiting be among those do-or-die moments," Briscoe pointed out. "Our company referred to it just before the nationality today, this is actually the last bullet in the chamber. ... If we implemented all night long, I knew we will reside in the mix." We executed. As well as our experts resided in the mix in the end." Chris Buescher skipped the cut through six factors while Bubba Wallace missed it by 27 aspects. For much of the race, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to be to be in a strict battle for the last playoff spot while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, came up short as he finished second in the final 2 regular-season races." Our greatest had not been satisfactory-- as basic as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex as well as 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, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and also Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the 2nd consecutive week, a vehicle driver needing to have a win to create the playoffs made it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered the nationality 18th in the status and also 114 factors responsible for the playoff cutoff, indicating he had no other path to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was more than that truth that made this an exhilarating second. He gained a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is finalizing by the end of the period. Briscoe, that popped a 93-race winless touch, drives the group's well-known No. 14 automobile that was initial steered through Tony Stewart." It is actually large," Briscoe said. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas supporter. That is actually the auto I cheered for maturing. I've seen that car succeed time and time and time again, win a championship."' I was actually shedding tears'-- Hunt Briscoe on succeeding Southern five hundred Busch, who performed somewhat fresher tires in the end, simply couldn't get Briscoe and missed out on the playoffs for the first time given that 2012." Our experts failed to have much rate there via a majority of the competition," Busch pointed out. "We were merely snared in traffic, and we weren't capable to rise via there. " Once our team stood up there certainly, I believed that those last 3 or even four restarts, we were actually mosting likely to have a shot operating in the top-5. However then our company took a crack at for the win as well as merely couldn't create it apex." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for competing him well-maintained." Right here he remains in second. I resemble, 'You have actually reached be joking me-- I have actually operated 300 some tours to reach the lead, right now Kyle is heading to take it from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck As well as AdvanceTruex and also Gibbs earned both playoff locations for winless chauffeurs and they each possessed some minutes to sweat as each were involved in wrecks.Truex wound up making it by just 6 factors after entering into the nationality promised an area if there was a regular victor. He ravaged on the second tour of the race and ended up 36th, not understanding if he will create the playoffs till completion of the second phase." This is awful," Truex claimed before he recognized whether he made the playoffs. "I simply detest it for my crew. ... They ought to have far better. It is actually only a mistake." NASCAR Mug Collection: Cook Out Southern five hundred Highlights Gibbs was actually involved in an accident with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry got loose while three-wide along with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs managed to proceed and made the cut by 12 points. If he had been actually knocked senseless of the competition, he likely still would have made it, yet it would certainly possess been actually only through a number of placements." Our company only received ran really-- I would certainly say grimy right there certainly-- that was actually regrettable," Gibbs pointed out. "That was actually undoubtedly closer than it should have been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a tummy insect throughout the whole race, sensation as if he was actually mosting likely to either throw up or even have a situation of looseness of the bowels throughout the whole nationality. He wound up 10th, and with Larson finishing 4th, exhausted Larson by one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season label costs 15 playoff aspects (factors a driver may utilize to evolve if he doesn't win in the three-race playoff shots) while second spot is worth 10. Larson, with one of the most wins of any type of chauffeur this year, will possess won a tiebreaker.Reddick, who feels he captured the pest from his kid, claimed it was actually the most awful he ever before experienced in an ethnicity vehicle." It was awful on Sunday," Reddick said." [I] woke up Sunday along with the very same wishing it will be returned." I experienced really good essentially right up till the race. It simply should possess been the polish off of [Switch] 2 or even something. It simply definitely, really got poor by the end of Stage 1. It just remained there the remainder of the means." Larson almost succeeded the regular-season label despite overlooking the May ethnicity at Charlotte while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually certainly not simply that," Larson said. "I could possibly have finished at Michigan or even ended up at Iowa or finished at Chicago and also certainly not even been close today. I don't take a look at Indy as being the reason that. That's just portion of my time. I definitely would not lose hope running the Indy 500 for five benefit factors." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has spent decades covering motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Scene publication and The (Daytona Coastline) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get much more from NASCAR Cup Set Observe your faves to acquire information regarding games, headlines and also even more.