.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe postponed Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that released him right into the NASCAR Mug Collection playoffs while supplying a crushing blow to motorists planning to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe grabbed the regular-season finale as he led the final 26 tours of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th driver to make a playoff spot along with a succeed, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to create the 16-driver playoff field." I recognized it was actually going to be among those do-or-die moments," Briscoe mentioned. "Our team discussed it just before the race today, this is actually the final bullet in the enclosure. ... If our team implemented all night long, I knew our team would certainly reside in the mix." Our team performed. As well as our experts resided in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher missed the reduced by 6 aspects while Bubba Wallace overlooked it by 27 factors. For a lot of the nationality, Buescher and Wallace seemed to become in a strict war for the last playoff place while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, who also went winless this year, came up short as he completed second in the ultimate 2 regular-season ethnicities." Our absolute best had not been acceptable-- as basic as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and 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, 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 a succeed to make the playoffs created it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got into the race 18th in the standings and also 114 factors behind the playoff deadline, meaning he had nothing else path to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was more reality that created this an exciting second. He made an area in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is actually finalizing at the end of the time. Briscoe, who broke a 93-race winless streak, steers the staff's iconic No. 14 car that was actually very first driven by Tony Stewart." It's substantial," Briscoe pointed out. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas follower. That is actually the automobile I cheered for growing up. I have actually viewed that automobile succeed time as well as over and over again, win a championship."' I was actually wailing'-- Pursuit Briscoe on winning Southern five hundred Busch, that performed slightly fresher tires at the end, simply could not get Briscoe and also skipped the playoffs for the first time due to the fact that 2012." We really did not have a lot velocity there with a large number of the race," Busch said. "Our team were just snared in visitor traffic, and also our company weren't able to rise with there. " But once we stood up certainly there, I believed that those final three or even 4 restarts, our company were actually mosting likely to take a crack at operating in the top-5. But then our company had a shot for the gain and also only could not make it up there." Briscoe thanked Busch for racing him clean." Listed below he resides in second. I feel like, 'You have actually come to be actually joking me-- I have actually functioned 300 some tours to reach the top, right now Kyle is actually visiting take it coming from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck As well as AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs gained both playoff places for winless drivers and also they each had some moments to sweat as both were actually associated with wrecks.Truex ended up making it through simply six factors after entering into the ethnicity assured a place if there was a replay victor. He ravaged on the second lap of the race and also ended up 36th, not knowing if he would create the playoffs until the end of the second phase." This is actually difficult," Truex stated prior to he recognized whether he created the playoffs. "I merely loathe it for my group. ... They are worthy of better. It's simply an oversight." NASCAR Mug Set: Southern 500 Features Gibbs was actually involved in a wreck with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry acquired loose while three-wide along with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs managed to continue as well as made it through 12 aspects. If he had actually been knocked senseless of the competition, he likely still would have produced it, however it would certainly possess been actually simply through a couple of positions." Our team merely received ran truly-- I would certainly claim filthy right there-- that was unfortunate," Gibbs claimed. "That was undoubtedly closer than it needs to possess been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a belly insect throughout the whole race, emotion as if he was actually heading to either throw up or have a scenario of looseness of the bowels throughout the entire ethnicity. He ended up 10th, and with Larson completing fourth, exhausted Larson by one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season label deserves 15 playoff factors (aspects a vehicle driver can easily utilize to progress if he does not win in the three-race playoff shots) while second place deserves 10. Larson, along with the most triumphes of any chauffeur this year, will possess succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, who believes he captured the pest coming from his youngster, stated it was actually the most awful he ever felt in a nationality automobile." It was actually dreadful on Sunday," Reddick pointed out." [I] woke up Sunday with the exact same hoping it would be actually returned." I felt good practically right up until the nationality. It simply has to possess been actually the bump off of [Switch] 2 or even one thing. It just actually, definitely acquired poor due to the end of Phase 1. It just kept there the rest of the way." Larson virtually succeeded the regular-season label in spite of missing the May race at Charlotte while he competed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's not only that one," Larson claimed. "I might have ended up at Michigan or even completed at Iowa or even completed at Chicago and also certainly not also been shut today. I don't consider Indy as being actually the reason. That is actually just aspect of my period. I wouldn't lose hope running the Indy 500 for five reward factors." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has invested years covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, along with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Performance magazine as well as The (Daytona Seaside) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire even more coming from NASCAR Cup Collection Observe your preferences to receive info about games, information and also more.