.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that released him into the NASCAR Mug Collection playoffs while delivering a crushing blow to vehicle drivers expecting to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe recorded the regular-season finale as he led the last 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th vehicle driver to gain a playoff location with a gain, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless chauffeurs to make the 16-driver playoff industry." I knew it was visiting be among those do-or-die seconds," Briscoe claimed. "Our company referred to it prior to the race today, this is actually the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our company performed all evening long, I understood we will remain in the mix." Our team executed. And also our team resided in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the cut by six points while Bubba Wallace missed it by 27 points. For a lot of the ethnicity, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to be in a strict battle for the last playoff spot while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, who additionally went winless this year, lost as he completed second in the last two regular-season nationalities." Our ideal wasn't sufficient-- as simple as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex as well as 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, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and also Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the 2nd consecutive full week, a chauffeur needing a succeed to bring in the playoffs created it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered the nationality 18th in the status and 114 aspects responsible for the playoff deadline, suggesting he possessed no other course to the playoffs other than to win.But it was actually more truth that created this an exciting instant. He got a location in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is shutting in the end of the period. Briscoe, that popped a 93-race winless touch, steers the group's famous No. 14 automobile that was actually first steered by Tony Stewart." It's large," Briscoe said. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas follower. That is actually the vehicle I cheered for growing. I've observed that cars and truck win time as well as over and over again, succeed a champion."' I was actually bursting into tears'-- Hunt Briscoe on succeeding Southern 500 Busch, that performed somewhat fresher tires at the end, just couldn't get Briscoe as well as missed the playoffs for the first time given that 2012." Our company didn't have much speed there with a large number of the race," Busch stated. "Our team were actually simply bogged down in website traffic, as well as our team weren't capable to get out of bed through there. " Once our team stood up there, I felt like those final 3 or even four restarts, our team were heading to have a shot managing in the top-5. But after that our company had a shot for the win and simply couldn't make it up there." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for dashing him clean." Listed below he is in second. I feel like, 'You have actually reached be actually joking me-- I've functioned 300 some tours to come to the lead, now Kyle is visiting swipe it coming from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex and Gibbs got the two playoff areas for winless motorists as well as they both had some minutes to sweat as both were actually involved in wrecks.Truex ended up making it by simply 6 factors after getting in the ethnicity guaranteed a place if there was actually a loyal victor. He wrecked on the 2nd tour of the nationality as well as ended up 36th, not knowing if he would certainly create the playoffs till completion of the 2nd phase." This is actually unhappy," Truex said prior to he recognized whether he created the playoffs. "I simply detest it for my crew. ... They are entitled to much better. It is actually just a blunder." NASCAR Mug Collection: Cook Out Southern five hundred Highlights Gibbs was involved in an accident along with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry acquired loosened while three-wide with Gibbs and also Hamlin. Gibbs had the ability to continue and made the cut through 12 factors. If he had been knocked senseless of the competition, he likely still would certainly possess produced it, but it would certainly possess been actually simply through a couple of settings." Our experts only obtained ran definitely-- I would say grimy right certainly there-- that was actually unfavorable," Gibbs said. "That was definitely closer than it must have been actually." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a stomach pest throughout the whole race, feeling as if he was going to either regurgitate or even have a situation of looseness of the bowels throughout the entire ethnicity. He wound up 10th, as well as along with Larson completing 4th, exhausted Larson by one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season title is worth 15 playoff points (aspects a motorist can make use of to accelerate if he doesn't gain in the three-race playoff shots) while 2nd place is worth 10. Larson, along with one of the most wins of any sort of chauffeur this year, would have won a tiebreaker.Reddick, that thinks he captured the insect from his kid, stated it was awful he ever before felt in a nationality vehicle." It was horrendous on Saturday," Reddick said." [I] awakened Sunday along with the very same wishing it would certainly be actually returned." I experienced excellent basically completely up until the ethnicity. It only needs to possess been actually the polish off of [Turn] 2 or one thing. It only truly, really received poor by the end of Stage 1. It just remained there the rest of the way." Larson virtually gained the regular-season headline in spite of overlooking the May race at Charlotte while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It's not merely that," Larson mentioned. "I could possibly have finished at Michigan or even finished at Iowa or completed at Chicago and also not also been actually near today. I do not consider Indy as being the reason why. That is actually only aspect of my time. I wouldn't lose hope running the Indy 500 for 5 benefit factors." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has invested years covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Performance magazine and The (Daytona Coastline) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get extra from NASCAR Mug Series Follow your faves to acquire info about video games, information as well as additional.