.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe resisted Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that released him in to the NASCAR Mug Collection playoffs while supplying a pulverizing draft to drivers intending to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe caught the regular-season finale as he led the final 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th vehicle driver to get a playoff location along with a gain, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless motorists to make the 16-driver playoff field." I knew it was heading to be one of those do-or-die instants," Briscoe stated. "We referred to it just before the race today, this is the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our company carried out all evening long, I recognized our company will reside in the mix." Our experts executed. As well as we were in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher skipped the reduced by six points while Bubba Wallace overlooked it through 27 points. For much of the race, Buescher and Wallace seemed to be to be in a strict battle for the final playoff spot while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, that additionally went winless this year, lost as he completed second in the ultimate two regular-season ethnicities." Our finest had not been adequate-- as simple as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also Gibbs in the playoffs are Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champion), Kyle Larson, Christopher Alarm, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Pursuit Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman as well as Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the second successive full week, a chauffeur needing to have a gain to create the playoffs made it occur: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered into the ethnicity 18th in the status as well as 114 points responsible for the playoff cutoff, meaning he had not one other road to the playoffs other than to win.But it was actually moreover reality that created this an exhilarating instant. He made an area in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is actually closing in the end of the period. Briscoe, that broke a 93-race winless streak, drives the staff's well-known No. 14 auto that was initial driven through Tony Stewart." It's massive," Briscoe mentioned. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That's the car I cheered for growing. I have actually observed that auto succeed opportunity and time and time again, gain a champion."' I was actually wailing'-- Hunt Briscoe on winning Southern five hundred Busch, who was on a little fresher tires in the end, merely could not see Briscoe and also overlooked the playoffs for the very first time due to the fact that 2012." We didn't possess much speed there by means of a bulk of the competition," Busch said. "Our experts were actually just bogged down in web traffic, and also we weren't capable to rise via there. " Once we rose there certainly, I felt like those final 3 or four restarts, we were actually visiting take a crack at managing in the top-5. However at that point we had a shot for the gain and also merely could not create it up there." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for racing him tidy." Right here he is in 2nd. I'm like, 'You've come to be joking me-- I've functioned 300 some tours to reach the lead, right now Kyle is actually going to take it from our company,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex and also Gibbs gained the two playoff areas for winless motorists and they both possessed some seconds to sweat as each were involved in wrecks.Truex found yourself creating it through only six factors after going into the race ensured a location if there was actually a repeat winner. He trashed on the 2nd lap of the nationality and finished 36th, certainly not understanding if he would create the playoffs up until the end of the 2nd stage." This is actually unpleasant," Truex said just before he knew whether he made the playoffs. "I simply despise it for my group. ... They are worthy of much better. It is actually merely an error." NASCAR Cup Series: Southern five hundred Features Gibbs was associated with a wreck along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry got loose while three-wide along with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs was able to continue and made the cut by 12 points. If he had been actually knocked senseless of the competition, he likely still would possess created it, yet it would possess been actually just by a couple of placements." Our company simply acquired operated actually-- I would state dirty right there certainly-- that was regrettable," Gibbs pointed out. "That was actually undoubtedly closer than it should possess been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a belly insect throughout the whole entire ethnicity, feeling as if he was actually mosting likely to either vomit or even possess an instance of looseness of the bowels throughout the whole entire ethnicity. He ended up 10th, and with Larson completing fourth, beat Larson through one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season title costs 15 playoff points (factors a vehicle driver can easily utilize to evolve if he does not win in the three-race playoff shots) while 2nd place is worth 10. Larson, along with the absolute most wins of any type of driver this year, would have won a tiebreaker.Reddick, that thinks he caught the bug coming from his youngster, stated it was the most awful he ever before really felt in a nationality auto." It was actually awful on Saturday," Reddick mentioned." [I] awakened Sunday along with the exact same wishing it would be actually returned." I felt good pretty much completely up till the nationality. It only has to have been actually the rub out of [Transform] 2 or something. It simply actually, really got poor due to the end of Phase 1. It just kept there the rest of the technique." Larson virtually gained the regular-season title despite skipping the May nationality at Charlotte nc while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually not simply that people," Larson pointed out. "I can possess completed at Michigan or completed at Iowa or completed at Chicago and also certainly not also been actually close today. I don't check out Indy as being actually the main reason why. That is actually only component of my season. I definitely would not lose hope operating the Indy 500 for five incentive aspects." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually devoted decades covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Performance magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get more from NASCAR Cup Series Observe your preferences to receive details about activities, information and also even more.