.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off success Sunday that launched him in to the NASCAR Mug Collection playoffs while providing a pulverizing blow to vehicle drivers expecting to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe grabbed the regular-season finale as he led the ultimate 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th chauffeur to get a playoff location with a gain, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to create the 16-driver playoff industry." I knew it was actually heading to be just one of those do-or-die instants," Briscoe claimed. "Our company talked about it prior to the ethnicity today, this is the last bullet in the enclosure. ... If our company executed all evening long, I understood our experts would certainly reside in the mix." We performed. As well as our team were in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher skipped the reduced by six factors while Bubba Wallace missed it by 27 factors. For much of the nationality, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to be to become in a tight battle for the final playoff location while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, who additionally went winless this year, came up short as he completed second in the final 2 regular-season races." Our absolute best had not been adequate-- as easy as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex as well as Gibbs in the playoffs are Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champion), Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman as well as Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the second consecutive full week, a motorist needing to have a succeed to make the playoffs created it occur: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe went into the ethnicity 18th in the standings as well as 114 factors behind the playoff deadline, indicating he had no other road to the playoffs except to win.But it was actually moreover truth that created this an exciting second. He gained a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is shutting at the end of the time. Briscoe, who broke a 93-race winless touch, drives the crew's well-known No. 14 car that was actually initial steered by Tony Stewart." It's large," Briscoe claimed. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That's the cars and truck I cheered for growing. I have actually viewed that automobile gain time and also over and over again, succeed a championship."' I was wailing'-- Hunt Briscoe on succeeding Cook Out Southern 500 Busch, that got on a little fresher tires in the end, just could not see Briscoe and skipped the playoffs for the very first time due to the fact that 2012." We really did not possess much speed there by means of a bulk of the competition," Busch claimed. "We were actually merely bogged down in traffic, as well as our company weren't capable to rise via there. " Once we rose certainly there, I seemed like those last 3 or four restarts, our team were actually going to take a crack at operating in the top-5. Yet after that our team took a crack at for the gain as well as merely could not create it apex." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for racing him well-maintained." Right here he remains in second. I feel like, 'You've got to be actually kidding me-- I have actually worked 300 some tours to get to the top, now Kyle is actually going to swipe it from our company,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs earned the two playoff locations for winless vehicle drivers and also they each possessed some moments to sweat as each were actually involved in wrecks.Truex found yourself making it by simply 6 points after going into the ethnicity ensured a spot if there was a repeat champion. He wrecked on the second lap of the nationality and ended up 36th, not understanding if he would bring in the playoffs till completion of the second phase." This is miserable," Truex pointed out just before he understood whether he made the playoffs. "I only hate it for my staff. ... They should have better. It's simply a blunder." NASCAR Mug Series: Cook Out Southern five hundred Features Gibbs was involved in a wreck with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry acquired loosened while three-wide with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs managed to continue and made the cut by 12 points. If he had actually been knocked out of the competition, he likely still would possess made it, yet it would certainly possess been merely by a couple of settings." Our experts simply received managed actually-- I would point out unclean right there-- that was unfavorable," Gibbs mentioned. "That was definitely closer than it should have been actually." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick combated a tummy insect throughout the whole race, feeling as if he was actually visiting either throw up or possess a scenario of diarrhea throughout the whole entire nationality. He wound up 10th, and also along with Larson ending up fourth, beat Larson through one factor for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline costs 15 playoff factors (factors a motorist may use to advance if he doesn't gain in the three-race playoff rounds) while second location deserves 10. Larson, along with the best victories of any type of motorist this year, will have succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, that believes he caught the pest coming from his child, stated it was actually the worst he ever before felt in an ethnicity automobile." It was actually awful on Sunday," Reddick said." [I] awakened Sunday along with the very same hoping it would be gone again." I felt good virtually all the way up until the ethnicity. It merely needs to possess been actually the polish off of [Switch] 2 or even one thing. It only definitely, truly received bad due to the end of Phase 1. It merely kept there the remainder of the method." Larson almost won the regular-season label regardless of missing out on the May race at Charlotte nc while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's not simply that people," Larson stated. "I might have finished at Michigan or ended up at Iowa or even ended up at Chicago and not even been actually close today. I don't consider Indy as being actually the reason. That's just component of my period. I definitely would not give up operating the Indy five hundred for five incentive aspects." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually invested decades covering motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Performance journal and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire more coming from NASCAR Mug Series Observe your faves to receive relevant information concerning video games, updates and more.