.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that introduced him in to the NASCAR Cup Set playoffs while providing a squashing draft to motorists expecting to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season finale as he led the final 26 laps of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th motorist to make a playoff place along with a gain, leaving Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to create the 16-driver playoff industry." I knew it was actually mosting likely to be just one of those do-or-die instants," Briscoe claimed. "Our company talked about it prior to the race today, this is actually the final bullet in the enclosure. ... If we performed all night long, I understood we would certainly reside in the mix." Our team performed. And our experts were in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher missed the cut through six aspects while Bubba Wallace missed it through 27 factors. For much of the nationality, Buescher and Wallace seemed to become in a limited fight for the ultimate playoff area while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, came up short as he finished second in the ultimate two regular-season ethnicities." Our absolute best wasn't acceptable-- as simple 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, Hunt Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the 2nd consecutive full week, a chauffeur needing to have a win to bring in the playoffs made it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered the race 18th in the status and 114 points responsible for the playoff deadline, indicating he possessed nothing else course to the playoffs except to win.But it was more than that simple fact that created this a thrilling moment. He earned a spot in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is actually finalizing in the end of the time. Briscoe, that popped a 93-race winless streak, drives the team's legendary No. 14 vehicle that was first driven by Tony Stewart." It is actually big," Briscoe mentioned. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas supporter. That is actually the car I cheered for maturing. I've seen that vehicle gain opportunity and over and over again, succeed a championship."' I was actually weeping'-- Chase Briscoe on succeeding Southern 500 Busch, who got on slightly fresher tires at the end, simply could not find Briscoe as well as overlooked the playoffs for the first time since 2012." Our experts didn't have much speed there with a majority of the race," Busch stated. "Our team were just mired in website traffic, and also our experts weren't capable to get up via there. " But once we got out of bed there certainly, I felt like those final three or 4 restarts, our experts were mosting likely to have a shot running in the top-5. However after that our experts had a shot for the gain as well as merely could not create it up there." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for dashing him clean." Listed here he is in second. I feel like, 'You've got to be actually kidding me-- I have actually functioned 300 some laps to come to the lead, today Kyle is actually mosting likely to steal it coming from our company,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex and also Gibbs earned the 2 playoff spots for winless vehicle drivers and also they both possessed some minutes to sweat as both were actually involved in wrecks.Truex ended up making it by merely six aspects after entering into the nationality promised a place if there was actually a regular winner. He wrecked on the 2nd lap of the ethnicity and finished 36th, certainly not knowing if he would certainly make the playoffs until the end of the 2nd stage." This is actually awful," Truex pointed out prior to he knew whether he created the playoffs. "I merely despise it for my staff. ... They deserve far better. It is actually just an oversight." NASCAR Mug Set: Southern 500 Features Gibbs was actually involved in an accident along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry got loose while three-wide with Gibbs and also Hamlin. Gibbs was able to continue and also made the cut by 12 points. If he had actually been knocked senseless of the competition, he likely still would certainly possess created it, however it would possess been actually merely through a number of positions." Our experts just received ran definitely-- I would certainly say unclean right certainly there-- that was unfavorable," Gibbs pointed out. "That was certainly closer than it should have been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick combated a stomach insect throughout the whole entire ethnicity, sensation as if he was actually going to either regurgitate or have a case of looseness of the bowels throughout the entire ethnicity. He wound up 10th, and along with Larson completing fourth, beat Larson by one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season title costs 15 playoff factors (factors a vehicle driver can easily make use of to accelerate if he doesn't win in the three-race playoff rounds) while second place deserves 10. Larson, along with one of the most wins of any motorist this year, would certainly have succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, who believes he caught the pest coming from his youngster, said it was awful he ever before really felt in an ethnicity car." It was actually horrible on Sunday," Reddick claimed." [I] woke up Sunday along with the exact same wishing it would certainly be returned." I felt really good practically all the way up until the ethnicity. It simply should have been the bump off of [Turn] 2 or even one thing. It merely definitely, really received bad by the end of Phase 1. It simply stayed there the remainder of the means." Larson nearly gained the regular-season title regardless of skipping the May nationality at Charlotte while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It is actually certainly not just that people," Larson said. "I could have ended up at Michigan or even ended up at Iowa or finished at Chicago and also certainly not even been close today. I do not take a look at Indy as being actually the reason that. That's simply component of my season. I would not lose hope running the Indy 500 for five bonus offer factors." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually invested years dealing with motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, along with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Coastline) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire much more coming from NASCAR Cup Series Observe your faves to acquire relevant information concerning video games, headlines and additional.