.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe resisted Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that launched him in to the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs while providing a crushing draft to chauffeurs intending to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe caught 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 motorist to gain a playoff spot along with a succeed, leaving Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless motorists to make the 16-driver playoff field." I knew it was actually heading to be just one of those do-or-die instants," Briscoe said. "We referred to it prior to the nationality today, this is the last bullet in the chamber. ... If our experts executed all evening long, I understood our company will reside in the mix." Our team carried out. As well as our company remained in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher overlooked the cut through 6 aspects while Bubba Wallace skipped it through 27 points. For a lot of the nationality, Buescher as well as Wallace seemed to become in a strict war for the final playoff place while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, that also went winless this year, lost as he finished second in the last two regular-season races." Our ideal had not been satisfactory-- as easy as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and Gibbs in the playoffs are actually 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 finale, where for the 2nd successive full week, a motorist needing a succeed to create the playoffs made it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered the race 18th in the status and 114 aspects responsible for the playoff deadline, indicating he possessed no other course to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was more than that simple fact that created this a thrilling second. He earned a location in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is actually closing in the end of the time. Briscoe, that popped a 93-race winless touch, steers the crew's legendary No. 14 automobile that was 1st steered by Tony Stewart." It is actually substantial," Briscoe stated. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That is actually the car I cheered for growing. I've viewed that vehicle succeed opportunity and also time and time again, win a championship."' I was actually weeping'-- Chase Briscoe on gaining Southern five hundred Busch, that got on a little fresher tires by the end, only couldn't get Briscoe as well as missed the playoffs for the first time considering that 2012." Our company didn't have a lot velocity there with a majority of the race," Busch stated. "Our team were merely snared in visitor traffic, as well as our team weren't able to get out of bed with there. " Once our team got out of bed there, I felt like those last 3 or even four restarts, our team were visiting take a crack at operating in the top-5. Yet after that our company took a crack at for the win and also merely could not make it up there." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for racing him well-maintained." Below he remains in second. I resemble, 'You've got to be actually kidding me-- I have actually operated 300 some tours to reach the lead, right now Kyle is heading to take it coming from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex and also Gibbs got the 2 playoff areas for winless motorists and also they each had some seconds to sweat as each were associated with wrecks.Truex wound up making it by just 6 factors after getting into the nationality guaranteed a location if there was actually a loyal victor. He ravaged on the 2nd tour of the race and completed 36th, not understanding if he will create the playoffs up until the end of the second phase." This is miserable," Truex pointed out before he recognized whether he brought in the playoffs. "I only detest it for my staff. ... They are worthy of much better. It's merely a blunder." NASCAR Cup Set: Southern five hundred Features Gibbs was involved in a wreckage along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry got loose while three-wide with Gibbs and also Hamlin. Gibbs managed to continue and made it through 12 aspects. If he had been actually knocked senseless of the race, he likely still would certainly have produced it, yet it will have been merely through a couple of postures." Our experts only obtained ran definitely-- I will state grimy right there certainly-- that was actually unfavorable," Gibbs mentioned. "That was actually undoubtedly closer than it should possess been actually." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a stomach insect throughout the whole entire nationality, feeling as if he was going to either vomit or even have a case of looseness of the bowels throughout the entire ethnicity. He wound up 10th, and also with Larson ending up fourth, exhausted Larson through one factor for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline costs 15 playoff points (factors a chauffeur may utilize to accelerate if he doesn't win in the three-race playoff shots) while 2nd place is worth 10. Larson, along with the absolute most triumphes of any type of motorist this year, would have won a tiebreaker.Reddick, who feels he caught the pest from his little one, stated it was actually the worst he ever before experienced in a race cars and truck." It was horrible on Saturday," Reddick claimed." [I] woke up Sunday along with the very same wishing it would certainly be actually gone again." I felt really good essentially completely up till the ethnicity. It only must possess been actually the rub out of [Turn] 2 or something. It simply truly, definitely got negative due to the end of Phase 1. It merely stayed there the remainder of the technique." Larson nearly gained the regular-season title despite missing out on the May race at Charlotte while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It's certainly not only that people," Larson pointed out. "I might possess completed at Michigan or even completed at Iowa or even ended up at Chicago and also certainly not even been near today. I do not check out Indy as being actually the reason that. That's simply component of my season. I wouldn't surrender operating the Indy five hundred for five perk aspects." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually spent decades dealing with motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Scene publication and also The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain a lot more coming from NASCAR Cup Series Observe your preferences to obtain relevant information about games, news and even more.