.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 Mug Set playoffs while supplying a crushing blow to drivers wanting to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe grabbed the regular-season ending as he led the ultimate 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th motorist to earn a playoff location along with a succeed, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to make the 16-driver playoff industry." I knew it was mosting likely to be just one of those do-or-die minutes," Briscoe mentioned. "Our team discussed it prior to the race today, this is actually the final bullet in the enclosure. ... If our company executed all night long, I understood we would certainly remain in the mix." Our company performed. And also our team resided in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher skipped the reduced through 6 factors while Bubba Wallace skipped it through 27 aspects. For a lot of the ethnicity, Buescher as well as Wallace appeared to be in a tight battle for the final playoff spot while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, lost as he ended up second in the final 2 regular-season nationalities." Our greatest wasn't sufficient-- as straightforward as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also Gibbs in the playoffs are Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champ), Kyle Larson, Christopher Alarm, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Hunt Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and also Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the second consecutive full week, a vehicle driver needing to have a succeed to bring in the playoffs made it occur: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got into the nationality 18th in the standings and also 114 points behind the playoff cutoff, implying he had no other course to the playoffs except to win.But it was more truth that made this an exhilarating second. He gained a spot in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is closing in the end of the period. Briscoe, that broke a 93-race winless touch, steers the group's well-known No. 14 automobile that was actually 1st steered through Tony Stewart." It's huge," Briscoe stated. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas supporter. That is actually the automobile I cheered for growing up. I've seen that cars and truck win opportunity as well as time and time again, succeed a championship."' I was actually shedding tears'-- Chase Briscoe on winning Cook Out Southern 500 Busch, who was on somewhat fresher tires by the end, simply couldn't get Briscoe and missed the playoffs for the very first time because 2012." Our team failed to have a lot speed there through a large number of the competition," Busch claimed. "We were actually only bogged down in website traffic, and also our experts weren't able to stand up by means of there. " But once we got up certainly there, I believed that those final three or 4 restarts, our experts were mosting likely to have a shot operating in the top-5. But then our team had a shot for the succeed as well as just couldn't make it up there." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for competing him clean." Listed below he resides in second. I'm like, 'You've come to be joking me-- I've operated 300 some tours to get to the top, today Kyle is actually visiting swipe it from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex and Gibbs gained the two playoff spots for winless drivers and they both had some instants to sweat as each were actually associated with wrecks.Truex found yourself making it through just six points after entering into the ethnicity promised a spot if there was a regular champion. He ravaged on the 2nd tour of the nationality as well as ended up 36th, certainly not knowing if he would bring in the playoffs till the end of the 2nd phase." This is actually difficult," Truex claimed just before he knew whether he brought in the playoffs. "I just hate it for my team. ... They are entitled to much better. It is actually merely a mistake." NASCAR Mug Set: Southern 500 Highlights Gibbs was involved in a wreckage along with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry obtained loose while three-wide along with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs managed to continue as well as made it by 12 points. If he had actually been knocked out of the race, he likely still will possess made it, however it would certainly possess been only by a couple of settings." We only obtained managed truly-- I would certainly mention grimy right there-- that was regrettable," Gibbs said. "That was actually certainly closer than it must possess been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a stomach pest throughout the entire race, sensation as if he was heading to either vomit or possess an instance of looseness of the bowels throughout the entire nationality. He wound up 10th, and along with Larson finishing fourth, exhausted Larson by one factor for the regular-season title.The regular-season title costs 15 playoff aspects (aspects a driver can make use of to accelerate if he does not win in the three-race playoff rounds) while 2nd spot is worth 10. Larson, along with one of the most success of any kind of driver this year, will have succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, who believes he caught the bug from his youngster, stated it was the worst he ever before really felt in a race automobile." It was actually awful on Saturday," Reddick mentioned." [I] awakened Sunday with the same wishing it would be gone again." I experienced really good basically all the way up until the ethnicity. It simply must have been the polish off of [Transform] 2 or even one thing. It only definitely, definitely received negative due to the end of Phase 1. It simply remained there the rest of the technique." Larson nearly gained the regular-season title in spite of overlooking the May ethnicity at Charlotte nc while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's certainly not just that people," Larson pointed out. "I could possess finished at Michigan or finished at Iowa or completed at Chicago as well as not even been actually close today. I do not look at Indy as being the reason why. That's just portion of my season. I definitely would not surrender managing the Indy five hundred for 5 bonus aspects." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually devoted years dealing with motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene journal and also The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive a lot more from NASCAR Cup Collection Follow your favorites to get details regarding activities, headlines and also more.