.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe resisted Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that launched him in to the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs while delivering a crushing blow to motorists intending to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe grabbed the regular-season finale as he led the ultimate 26 tours of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th driver to get a playoff area with a gain, leaving Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless motorists to create the 16-driver playoff industry." I knew it was actually mosting likely to be one of those do-or-die instants," Briscoe mentioned. "We discussed it prior to the nationality today, this is actually the last bullet in the chamber. ... If we implemented all night long, I recognized our experts would be in the mix." Our company implemented. As well as our team resided in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher missed the cut by six points while Bubba Wallace skipped it by 27 points. For much of the race, Buescher and Wallace seemed to be to be in a strict struggle for the final playoff area while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that additionally went winless this year, came up short as he ended up second in the final pair of regular-season races." Our ideal wasn't sufficient-- as basic 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, Hunt Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the 2nd successive week, a vehicle driver requiring a win to create the playoffs made it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered into the race 18th in the status and 114 factors behind the playoff deadline, implying he possessed not one other pathway to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was more truth that made this a thrilling moment. He got a spot in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is shutting at the end of the time. Briscoe, that broke a 93-race winless touch, steers the team's legendary No. 14 car that was very first driven through Tony Stewart." It's huge," Briscoe pointed out. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas supporter. That's the automobile I cheered for growing up. I've observed that automobile gain opportunity as well as over and over again, succeed a championship."' I was actually wailing'-- Chase Briscoe on gaining Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, who got on a little fresher tires by the end, simply could not get Briscoe and skipped the playoffs for the first time since 2012." Our company didn't possess a lot speed there via a bulk of the race," Busch said. "Our company were merely snared in visitor traffic, and our experts weren't capable to get up via there. " Once our team stood up there certainly, I seemed like those final 3 or even 4 restarts, we were mosting likely to take a crack at managing in the top-5. But then we took a crack at for the succeed as well as only couldn't make it up there." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for dashing him tidy." Listed here he is in 2nd. I feel like, 'You have actually come to be actually kidding me-- I have actually worked 300 some laps to get to the top, right now Kyle is actually mosting likely to take it coming from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs made the two playoff places for winless vehicle drivers as well as they both had some moments to sweat as each were associated with wrecks.Truex ended up making it through just 6 points after going into the race assured an area if there was a regular champion. He wrecked on the second tour of the ethnicity and also finished 36th, not understanding if he would bring in the playoffs until completion of the 2nd phase." This is actually unpleasant," Truex pointed out just before he knew whether he brought in the playoffs. "I merely detest it for my group. ... They should have much better. It's just an oversight." NASCAR Mug Collection: Southern five hundred Highlights Gibbs was actually associated with a wreck with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry got loose while three-wide along with Gibbs and also Hamlin. Gibbs had the capacity to carry on as well as made the cut by 12 points. If he had been actually knocked out of the race, he likely still will possess produced it, but it would certainly have been actually merely through a couple of placements." Our experts only got ran definitely-- I will claim grimy right there-- that was unfavorable," Gibbs mentioned. "That was actually most definitely closer than it should possess been actually." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a tummy pest throughout the whole entire race, sensation as if he was actually heading to either throw up or possess a situation of diarrhea throughout the entire ethnicity. He ended up 10th, and along with Larson ending up 4th, beat Larson by one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline is worth 15 playoff factors (aspects a vehicle driver may use to advance if he doesn't succeed in the three-race playoff shots) while second place deserves 10. Larson, along with one of the most victories of any motorist this year, would have succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, who believes he caught the bug from his kid, said it was actually awful he ever felt in a nationality cars and truck." It was awful on Saturday," Reddick claimed." [I] awakened Sunday along with the very same hoping it would certainly be actually returned." I experienced good practically all the way up until the ethnicity. It simply needs to possess been actually the rub out of [Turn] 2 or even one thing. It simply truly, actually got poor by the end of Phase 1. It only remained there the remainder of the technique." Larson virtually won the regular-season label despite overlooking the May nationality at Charlotte nc while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It is actually not only that people," Larson pointed out. "I could possibly possess finished at Michigan or even ended up at Iowa or even ended up at Chicago as well as certainly not even been near today. I don't check out Indy as being the main reason why. That is actually just part of my season. I would not give up operating the Indy 500 for 5 perk factors." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has devoted years dealing with motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Performance publication and also The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get a lot more coming from NASCAR Mug Collection Observe your faves to acquire information regarding video games, information and even more.