.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe postponed Kyle Busch for a walk-off success Sunday that launched him right into the NASCAR Cup Set playoffs while delivering a pulverizing blow to drivers hoping to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe recorded the regular-season finale as he led the final 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th vehicle driver to get a playoff location along with a gain, leaving Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to create the 16-driver playoff field." I recognized it was actually heading to be among those do-or-die moments," Briscoe mentioned. "Our team discussed it prior to the race today, this is the last bullet in the chamber. ... If our company carried out all night long, I knew our team would certainly reside in the mix." Our company carried out. As well as our experts were in the mix in the end." Chris Buescher skipped the reduced through six aspects while Bubba Wallace missed it through 27 aspects. For a lot of the race, Buescher and Wallace appeared to become in a limited fight for the last playoff place while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, that also went winless this year, came up short as he ended up second in the ultimate pair of regular-season nationalities." Our ideal wasn't satisfactory-- as simple 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, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and also Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the second successive week, a driver requiring a win to bring in the playoffs made it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered into the race 18th in the standings and 114 aspects responsible for the playoff deadline, implying he possessed not one other road to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was actually more than that fact that created this a thrilling minute. He gained a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is shutting in the end of the time. Briscoe, who broke a 93-race winless streak, steers the group's iconic No. 14 auto that was 1st steered by Tony Stewart." It is actually significant," Briscoe pointed out. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That's the cars and truck I cheered for growing. I have actually seen that vehicle gain opportunity and over and over again, gain a champion."' I was wailing'-- Chase Briscoe on winning Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, that performed slightly fresher tires by the end, just could not see Briscoe and also skipped the playoffs for the very first time given that 2012." Our company failed to have much speed there through a majority of the competition," Busch claimed. "Our experts were actually merely mired in web traffic, as well as our team weren't capable to get out of bed via there. " Once our experts got out of bed certainly there, I felt like those final 3 or even four restarts, our company were heading to have a shot running in the top-5. Yet then our experts took a crack at for the win and also simply could not make it apex." Briscoe thanked Busch for competing him well-maintained." Listed here he resides in 2nd. I'm like, 'You've come to be actually kidding me-- I have actually operated 300 some laps to come to the lead, now Kyle is visiting take it from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex and Gibbs earned the two playoff areas for winless drivers and they each had some seconds to sweat as each were actually involved in wrecks.Truex ended up creating it through merely 6 factors after going into the nationality assured a location if there was actually a repeat champion. He trashed on the 2nd lap of the nationality and also ended up 36th, not understanding if he would certainly make the playoffs until the end of the 2nd phase." This is awful," Truex stated before he recognized whether he created the playoffs. "I merely despise it for my crew. ... They ought to have better. It is actually only a blunder." NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out Southern 500 Features Gibbs was actually involved in a wreckage with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry obtained loosened while three-wide with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs had the ability to proceed and made the cut by 12 factors. If he had been knocked out of the race, he likely still would certainly have created it, yet it will have been actually merely through a couple of positions." We just received operated definitely-- I would point out dirty right there-- that was actually unfavorable," Gibbs pointed out. "That was undoubtedly closer than it should have been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a stomach pest throughout the whole entire ethnicity, sensation as if he was heading to either throw up or even possess a case of diarrhea throughout the entire nationality. He ended up 10th, and also with Larson finishing fourth, beat Larson through one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season label costs 15 playoff factors (factors a driver may make use of to progress if he does not gain in the three-race playoff rounds) while second spot is worth 10. Larson, with one of the most wins of any sort of motorist this year, will possess won a tiebreaker.Reddick, that believes he captured the insect coming from his youngster, mentioned it was actually the worst he ever before experienced in a race cars and truck." It was actually dreadful on Sunday," Reddick pointed out." [I] awakened Sunday with the same wishing it would be returned." I experienced excellent basically completely up till the nationality. It just has to possess been the rub out of [Turn] 2 or even something. It only definitely, truly obtained negative by the end of Phase 1. It simply stayed there the rest of the method." Larson almost succeeded the regular-season label in spite of skipping the May race at Charlotte while he competed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually not only that one," Larson said. "I could have ended up at Michigan or ended up at Iowa or even finished at Chicago as well as not also been actually shut today. I don't look at Indy as being actually the reason that. That's just portion of my time. I definitely would not lose hope running the Indy 500 for 5 bonus points." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has invested years dealing with motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Performance magazine and The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get extra from NASCAR Mug Set Observe your favorites to acquire information regarding activities, news and also additional.