.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe postponed Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that introduced him right into the NASCAR Cup Set playoffs while providing a pulverizing blow to vehicle drivers hoping to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe grabbed the regular-season ending as he led the final 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th chauffeur to gain a playoff area with a win, leaving Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to make the 16-driver playoff field." I understood it was actually heading to be one of those do-or-die moments," Briscoe said. "Our experts spoke about it just before the ethnicity today, this is the final bullet in the enclosure. ... If our experts implemented all evening long, I understood our experts would certainly remain in the mix." We implemented. As well as our experts were in the mix in the end." Chris Buescher overlooked the reduced through 6 factors while Bubba Wallace missed it by 27 points. For a lot of the race, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to be to become in a limited struggle for the last playoff area while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that also went winless this year, lost as he completed second in the final 2 regular-season ethnicities." Our greatest wasn't acceptable-- as basic 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, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and also Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the 2nd successive full week, a vehicle driver requiring a win to create the playoffs made it occur: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got in the nationality 18th in the status as well as 114 factors behind the playoff deadline, indicating he possessed no other path to the playoffs except to win.But it was actually more than that reality that created this an exhilarating minute. He earned a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is actually shutting by the end of the period. Briscoe, who broke a 93-race winless touch, steers the group's well-known No. 14 cars and truck that was initial steered through Tony Stewart." It's large," Briscoe mentioned. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That is actually the vehicle I cheered for growing. I've viewed that vehicle win opportunity and also time and time again, gain a championship."' I was actually shedding tears'-- Chase Briscoe on winning Southern five hundred Busch, that performed a little fresher tires by the end, simply could not catch Briscoe and also missed the playoffs for the first time considering that 2012." We failed to have a lot speed there with a majority of the race," Busch pointed out. "Our company were actually just stuck in website traffic, and also we weren't able to stand up via there. " But once our team stood up there, I believed that those final three or 4 restarts, our experts were mosting likely to have a shot operating in the top-5. Yet after that we took a crack at for the win and only could not make it apex." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for dashing him tidy." Listed below he resides in second. I resemble, 'You have actually come to be joking me-- I have actually worked 300 some tours to reach the top, today Kyle is going to take it coming from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck As well as AdvanceTruex and Gibbs made the 2 playoff areas for winless vehicle drivers and also they both possessed some moments to sweat as each were actually involved in wrecks.Truex wound up making it through just six aspects after entering the race assured an area if there was actually a regular winner. He wrecked on the 2nd tour of the ethnicity and ended up 36th, certainly not recognizing if he would bring in the playoffs until completion of the 2nd stage." This is awful," Truex stated prior to he recognized whether he created the playoffs. "I only detest it for my group. ... They are entitled to much better. It is actually simply a mistake." NASCAR Mug Collection: Cook Out Southern 500 Emphasizes Gibbs was actually associated with a wreckage with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry acquired loosened while three-wide along with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs was able to carry on as well as made the cut by 12 points. If he had been actually knocked out of the competition, he likely still would certainly have made it, but it would possess been actually just by a couple of positions." Our team simply obtained managed actually-- I would certainly state dirty right certainly there-- that was unfortunate," Gibbs stated. "That was actually certainly closer than it ought to have been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick combated a tummy pest throughout the entire race, emotion as if he was actually mosting likely to either throw up or possess an instance of diarrhea throughout the entire race. He ended up 10th, as well as with Larson completing fourth, beat Larson through one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season title deserves 15 playoff points (points a motorist can utilize to accelerate if he doesn't gain in the three-race playoff shots) while second area costs 10. Larson, along with the best victories of any kind of driver this year, will possess succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, that believes he captured the pest from his kid, claimed it was awful he ever experienced in a race automobile." It was horrendous on Saturday," Reddick pointed out." [I] got out of bed Sunday along with the exact same hoping it will be actually returned." I felt excellent basically all the way up till the race. It just must possess been actually the rub out of [Switch] 2 or one thing. It merely actually, actually received poor by the end of Phase 1. It just stayed there the rest of the means." Larson almost gained the regular-season label despite overlooking the May ethnicity at Charlotte nc while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It's certainly not merely that a person," Larson pointed out. "I could have completed at Michigan or even completed at Iowa or even ended up at Chicago and also not also been actually shut today. I don't look at Indy as being the reason that. That is actually simply portion of my season. I wouldn't surrender managing the Indy five hundred for 5 bonus aspects." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually devoted many years covering motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, along with assignments at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Performance publication as well as The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get extra from NASCAR Cup Series Follow your favorites to acquire info concerning video games, headlines as well as even more.