.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that released him in to the NASCAR Mug Collection playoffs while providing a squashing blow to chauffeurs expecting to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season ending as he led the ultimate 26 tours of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th vehicle driver to earn a playoff spot with a succeed, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to create the 16-driver playoff field." I knew it was actually mosting likely to be one of those do-or-die instants," Briscoe mentioned. "We referred to it before the race today, this is the last bullet in the enclosure. ... If our company performed all evening long, I recognized our team would be in the mix." We implemented. And our experts were in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the reduced by 6 aspects while Bubba Wallace missed it by 27 points. For much of the race, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to be to become in a tight battle for the ultimate playoff place while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, came up short as he finished second in the final two regular-season nationalities." Our best had not been adequate-- as basic as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also Gibbs in the playoffs are Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champ), Kyle Larson, Christopher Alarm, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Pursuit Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the second consecutive week, a vehicle driver requiring a win to create the playoffs created it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered the ethnicity 18th in the status and also 114 points behind the playoff cutoff, implying he had not one other path to the playoffs except to win.But it was more reality that made this a thrilling moment. He earned a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is actually shutting in the end of the time. Briscoe, who snapped a 93-race winless streak, steers the staff's iconic No. 14 vehicle that was first driven by Tony Stewart." It is actually big," Briscoe stated. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That is actually the vehicle I cheered for growing. I have actually viewed that auto succeed time as well as over and over again, gain a champion."' I was actually sobbing'-- Chase Briscoe on succeeding Southern five hundred Busch, that got on slightly fresher tires by the end, just could not see Briscoe and also overlooked the playoffs for the first time due to the fact that 2012." Our team failed to possess much rate there by means of a majority of the race," Busch said. "We were just stuck in traffic, and also our team weren't able to get out of bed with there. " But once our team got out of bed there, I seemed like those final 3 or 4 restarts, our company were actually mosting likely to take a crack at operating in the top-5. But at that point our team took a crack at for the gain and simply could not make it up there." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for racing him clean." Right here he is in second. I'm like, 'You have actually come to be joking me-- I've worked 300 some laps to come to the lead, today Kyle is actually going to steal it coming from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex and Gibbs earned the two playoff locations for winless chauffeurs as well as they both possessed some moments to sweat as each were associated with wrecks.Truex found yourself making it by merely six factors after entering into the ethnicity ensured an area if there was actually a replay victor. He trashed on the 2nd lap of the ethnicity and completed 36th, not recognizing if he will bring in the playoffs till completion of the 2nd stage." This is difficult," Truex said prior to he recognized whether he created the playoffs. "I merely despise it for my staff. ... They should have much better. It is actually simply an oversight." NASCAR Mug Collection: Southern 500 Emphasizes Gibbs was actually associated with an accident along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry received loose while three-wide with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs had the capacity to continue and also made it by 12 aspects. If he had been knocked senseless of the competition, he likely still would certainly possess produced it, however it will possess been actually only by a number of placements." We only obtained ran actually-- I would certainly claim grimy right there certainly-- that was unfavorable," Gibbs said. "That was actually absolutely closer than it should have been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a tummy bug throughout the whole nationality, sensation as if he was heading to either vomit or have a case of diarrhea throughout the whole entire nationality. He ended up 10th, as well as with Larson finishing fourth, beat Larson by one factor for the regular-season title.The regular-season title deserves 15 playoff aspects (factors a chauffeur can easily make use of to progress if he doesn't gain in the three-race playoff rounds) while 2nd place is worth 10. Larson, with the best success of any type of chauffeur this year, would certainly possess gained a tiebreaker.Reddick, that feels he captured the pest from his youngster, claimed it was actually the most awful he ever really felt in a nationality auto." It was actually horrible on Sunday," Reddick pointed out." [I] woke up Sunday with the exact same wishing it would certainly be actually returned." I really felt good more or less all the way up until the ethnicity. It simply should have been the polish off of [Turn] 2 or even something. It simply definitely, actually got poor by the end of Phase 1. It just stayed there the remainder of the way." Larson almost won the regular-season title even with overlooking the May race at Charlotte nc while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's certainly not merely that one," Larson pointed out. "I could possibly possess finished at Michigan or even finished at Iowa or even finished at Chicago and certainly not even been near today. I do not check out Indy as being the main reason why. That's merely part of my time. I definitely would not lose hope managing the Indy 500 for five incentive factors." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually invested decades covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Performance journal and also The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain a lot more from NASCAR Mug Collection Follow your favorites to obtain relevant information concerning games, updates and also additional.