.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Chase Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that launched him right into the NASCAR Cup Set playoffs while delivering a crushing blow to motorists wishing to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe recorded the regular-season ending as he led the final 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th vehicle driver to earn a playoff place along with a succeed, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to make the 16-driver playoff area." I recognized it was visiting be one of those do-or-die instants," Briscoe pointed out. "Our experts discussed it prior to the ethnicity today, this is the last bullet in the enclosure. ... If our team performed all evening long, I recognized our team would remain in the mix." Our experts carried out. And also we were in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the cut by six points while Bubba Wallace overlooked it by 27 points. For much of the ethnicity, Buescher as well as Wallace seemed to be to be in a limited war for the last playoff area while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, who likewise went winless this year, came up short as he ended up second in the ultimate two regular-season races." Our finest had not been sufficient-- as easy as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also Gibbs in the playoffs are Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champion), Kyle Larson, Christopher Alarm, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the second successive full week, a vehicle driver requiring a win to bring in the playoffs created it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered into the nationality 18th in the standings as well as 114 aspects responsible for the playoff cutoff, implying he had no other path to the playoffs except to win.But it was actually more reality that created this a thrilling second. He earned a location in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is finalizing in the end of the period. Briscoe, who snapped a 93-race winless streak, drives the crew's famous No. 14 auto that was actually first driven by Tony Stewart." It's substantial," Briscoe stated. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That is actually the auto I cheered for growing. I have actually viewed that car win opportunity and also time and time again, gain a championship."' I was sobbing'-- Hunt Briscoe on gaining Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, who was on a little fresher tires in the end, simply couldn't catch Briscoe and missed out on the playoffs for the first time since 2012." Our team failed to possess much velocity there by means of a large number of the competition," Busch pointed out. "Our experts were actually only snared in traffic, and our company weren't able to stand up with there. " Once our team got out of bed there, I believed that those last 3 or even four restarts, our team were actually going to take a crack at operating in the top-5. However then we had a shot for the win and just couldn't make it apex." Briscoe thanked Busch for competing him clean." Listed below he remains in 2nd. I'm like, 'You have actually reached be actually kidding me-- I've worked 300 some laps to get to the top, today Kyle is mosting likely to steal it from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex and Gibbs got the 2 playoff places for winless chauffeurs and also they each possessed some moments to sweat as each were actually associated with wrecks.Truex found yourself creating it through only six aspects after entering into the ethnicity ensured a spot if there was actually a loyal champion. He trashed on the second lap of the nationality as well as finished 36th, certainly not understanding if he would bring in the playoffs up until the end of the 2nd stage." This is awful," Truex claimed just before he understood whether he made the playoffs. "I simply loathe it for my staff. ... They deserve better. It is actually only a mistake." NASCAR Cup Series: Southern five hundred Features Gibbs was actually involved in an accident with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry got loose while three-wide along with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs had the ability to carry on as well as made the cut by 12 factors. If he had been actually knocked senseless of the competition, he likely still would have produced it, however it would certainly possess been simply through a couple of postures." Our company only obtained ran actually-- I would certainly mention grimy right there-- that was actually unlucky," Gibbs pointed out. "That was certainly closer than it must have been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a belly insect throughout the entire ethnicity, sensation as if he was heading to either regurgitate or even have a situation of diarrhea throughout the entire ethnicity. He ended up 10th, and along with Larson ending up 4th, beat Larson through one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline is worth 15 playoff points (aspects a chauffeur can easily make use of to accelerate if he doesn't gain in the three-race playoff shots) while second place costs 10. Larson, with the best success of any kind of motorist this year, would certainly possess gained a tiebreaker.Reddick, that feels he caught the bug coming from his little one, claimed it was the most awful he ever felt in an ethnicity auto." It was actually awful on Saturday," Reddick claimed." [I] got out of bed Sunday along with the very same hoping it would certainly be returned." I experienced excellent essentially completely up till the nationality. It simply has to have been actually the bump off of [Switch] 2 or one thing. It simply definitely, actually received negative due to the end of Phase 1. It merely kept there the rest of the method." Larson nearly succeeded the regular-season title regardless of missing out on the May nationality at Charlotte while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually certainly not only that people," Larson pointed out. "I might have finished at Michigan or even ended up at Iowa or even finished at Chicago and also not even been actually near today. I don't take a look at Indy as being the reason that. That's merely component of my time. I would not surrender managing the Indy five hundred for five benefit aspects." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually invested years covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Performance journal and The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain extra coming from NASCAR Cup Series Follow your preferences to acquire details about video games, updates and also even more.