.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe resisted Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that launched him in to the NASCAR Mug Set playoffs while supplying a crushing blow to drivers wishing to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe recorded 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 motorist to make a playoff area along with a win, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to make the 16-driver playoff area." I understood it was going to be just one of those do-or-die minutes," Briscoe mentioned. "Our experts spoke about it before the race today, this is the final bullet in the chamber. ... If we implemented all night long, I knew our experts would remain in the mix." We performed. And our company remained in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher skipped the cut through six aspects while Bubba Wallace skipped it by 27 aspects. For much of the nationality, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to be in a strict war for the ultimate playoff area while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, lost as he finished second in the last 2 regular-season ethnicities." Our greatest had not been acceptable-- as simple as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also Gibbs in the playoffs are actually 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 and also Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the 2nd successive week, a driver needing a win to create the playoffs created it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered into the race 18th in the standings as well as 114 aspects responsible for the playoff deadline, meaning he possessed no other course to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was actually moreover simple fact that created this an exhilarating minute. He earned a location in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is actually shutting in the end of the period. Briscoe, that snapped a 93-race winless touch, drives the team's famous No. 14 car that was 1st driven by Tony Stewart." It is actually large," Briscoe pointed out. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas supporter. That is actually the car I cheered for growing up. I've found that cars and truck succeed time and over and over again, win a championship."' I was actually shedding tears'-- Hunt Briscoe on gaining Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, that was on a little fresher tires by the end, just couldn't find Briscoe and skipped the playoffs for the very first time since 2012." Our experts failed to have much speed there with a bulk of the competition," Busch stated. "We were actually just stuck in visitor traffic, and also our company weren't capable to get up through there. " Once our experts stood up there certainly, I believed that those last 3 or even 4 restarts, our experts were actually visiting take a crack at managing in the top-5. However then our experts took a crack at for the succeed as well as only could not make it apex." Briscoe thanked Busch for dashing him well-maintained." Listed below he remains in 2nd. I'm like, 'You have actually reached be joking me-- I've operated 300 some tours to get to the lead, now Kyle is visiting steal it from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck As well as AdvanceTruex and Gibbs gained both playoff spots for winless vehicle drivers as well as they both possessed some seconds to sweat as both were actually involved in wrecks.Truex wound up making it by just six aspects after entering into the ethnicity assured a place if there was a repeat champion. He wrecked on the second lap of the ethnicity and also ended up 36th, not understanding if he would create the playoffs till completion of the 2nd stage." This is miserable," Truex said just before he recognized whether he brought in the playoffs. "I simply despise it for my crew. ... They should have far better. It is actually only an error." NASCAR Mug Set: Cook Out Southern 500 Features Gibbs was involved in a wreck with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry acquired loose while three-wide with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs was able to proceed and made the cut by 12 factors. If he had been knocked out of the race, he likely still would possess produced it, however it will have been simply through a number of postures." We only obtained operated really-- I would certainly mention unclean right certainly there-- that was regrettable," Gibbs claimed. "That was actually definitely closer than it should have been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick combated a belly pest throughout the entire nationality, emotion as if he was actually going to either regurgitate or even have an instance of looseness of the bowels throughout the whole entire ethnicity. He wound up 10th, and also along with Larson completing fourth, exhausted Larson through one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline deserves 15 playoff aspects (factors a driver may use to accelerate if he does not gain in the three-race playoff rounds) while 2nd area deserves 10. Larson, along with the best wins of any kind of vehicle driver this year, would certainly have succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, that believes he caught the pest from his little one, said it was actually the worst he ever before really felt in a race vehicle." It was actually horrible on Saturday," Reddick stated." [I] woke up Sunday with the same hoping it will be returned." I really felt great more or less completely up till the ethnicity. It only should have been the rub out of [Transform] 2 or even something. It just definitely, really received bad due to the end of Phase 1. It only kept there the remainder of the technique." Larson virtually succeeded the regular-season headline even with missing the May race at Charlotte while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It's certainly not only that a person," Larson stated. "I might possess ended up at Michigan or even ended up at Iowa or even completed at Chicago and certainly not also been actually near today. I don't check out Indy as being the main reason why. That's just portion of my season. I definitely would not give up managing the Indy 500 for five benefit aspects." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually spent many years covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Scene journal and also The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire extra coming from NASCAR Mug Set Observe your favorites to receive info regarding video games, updates and additional.