.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that launched him in to the NASCAR Mug Series playoffs while supplying a crushing blow to chauffeurs wanting to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe recorded the regular-season ending as he led the final 26 tours of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th vehicle driver to gain a playoff area with a succeed, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to make the 16-driver playoff area." I recognized it was visiting be just one of those do-or-die moments," Briscoe pointed out. "We referred to it just before the race today, this is the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our company performed all evening long, I knew our experts would certainly reside in the mix." Our experts carried out. And our team remained in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the reduced through six factors while Bubba Wallace skipped it through 27 points. For a lot of the nationality, Buescher as well as Wallace appeared to be in a limited battle for the ultimate playoff place 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 last 2 regular-season ethnicities." Our best had not been good enough-- as basic as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also 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 finale, where for the 2nd successive week, a motorist needing to have a succeed to bring in the playoffs made it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe went into the race 18th in the status as well as 114 factors responsible for the playoff deadline, meaning he possessed nothing else pathway to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was actually more than that fact that created this an exhilarating moment. He gained a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is closing in the end of the time. Briscoe, that popped a 93-race winless streak, drives the group's renowned No. 14 car that was actually first steered through Tony Stewart." It is actually substantial," Briscoe pointed out. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That is actually the auto I cheered for growing. I've seen that automobile win opportunity as well as time and time again, win a champion."' I was actually wailing'-- Hunt Briscoe on succeeding Southern 500 Busch, who got on slightly fresher tires in the end, only couldn't see Briscoe as well as missed out on the playoffs for the first time considering that 2012." Our company really did not possess much rate there with a majority of the competition," Busch stated. "Our team were actually simply mired in traffic, and also our experts weren't able to get up through there. " Once our team rose there certainly, I seemed like those last three or 4 restarts, our experts were actually going to take a crack at managing in the top-5. But after that our experts had a shot for the win and also just couldn't create it apex." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for racing him well-maintained." Listed below he remains in second. I'm like, 'You have actually got to be joking me-- I have actually operated 300 some tours to reach the lead, today Kyle is actually mosting likely to swipe it from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs made both playoff locations for winless chauffeurs and also they both possessed some seconds to sweat as both were associated with wrecks.Truex found yourself creating it by only six points after going into the ethnicity assured a place if there was a replay victor. He damaged on the 2nd tour of the race as well as completed 36th, not understanding if he will make the playoffs until completion of the 2nd phase." This is actually unhappy," Truex pointed out just before he understood whether he made the playoffs. "I simply hate it for my team. ... They are worthy of far better. It is actually simply a blunder." NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out Southern 500 Features Gibbs was actually involved in a wreckage with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry received loose while three-wide along with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs managed to continue and also made it by 12 factors. If he had been actually knocked out of the race, he likely still would certainly possess made it, but it would have been just through a couple of positions." Our experts merely received operated really-- I will mention filthy right there certainly-- that was actually unlucky," Gibbs pointed out. "That was definitely closer than it must have been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick combated a stomach bug throughout the entire nationality, feeling as if he was actually mosting likely to either throw up or even possess a case of diarrhea throughout the entire race. He ended up 10th, and also with Larson ending up fourth, exhausted Larson by one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season label is worth 15 playoff points (points a motorist can easily make use of to advance if he does not win in the three-race playoff shots) while 2nd area deserves 10. Larson, with the absolute most victories of any type of chauffeur this year, would certainly possess won a tiebreaker.Reddick, that thinks he captured the insect from his child, said it was the worst he ever felt in a nationality auto." It was actually terrible on Sunday," Reddick pointed out." [I] got up Sunday with the same wishing it would certainly be gone again." I felt excellent basically completely up until the nationality. It just needs to have been actually the rub out of [Transform] 2 or even one thing. It just truly, actually got negative by the end of Stage 1. It merely remained there the remainder of the way." Larson nearly won the regular-season label despite missing out on the May nationality at Charlotte nc while he competed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually not simply that," Larson pointed out. "I could have completed at Michigan or finished at Iowa or finished at Chicago and also certainly not even been close today. I do not check out Indy as being actually the reason that. That's only component of my time. I would not quit managing the Indy 500 for 5 reward factors." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually invested many years dealing with motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Scene magazine as well as The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get a lot more from NASCAR Mug Series Observe your favorites to get information about activities, information and also even more.