.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off success Sunday that introduced him into the NASCAR Mug Series playoffs while supplying a crushing draft to drivers wanting to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe recorded the regular-season finale as he led the final 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th vehicle driver to earn a playoff location along with a succeed, leaving Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to make the 16-driver playoff industry." I knew it was actually visiting be among those do-or-die instants," Briscoe said. "We talked about it just before the ethnicity today, this is actually the last bullet in the enclosure. ... If our team implemented all night long, I knew our team would reside in the mix." Our experts implemented. And also our company remained in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher skipped the cut by 6 factors while Bubba Wallace missed it through 27 aspects. For a lot of the ethnicity, Buescher and Wallace seemed to be to be in a tight struggle for the ultimate playoff place while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, who likewise went winless this year, lost as he finished second in the last two regular-season races." Our absolute best had not been good enough-- as straightforward 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, Hunt Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the second successive full week, a driver needing a succeed to create the playoffs created it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered the ethnicity 18th in the standings as well as 114 factors behind the playoff cutoff, meaning he possessed not one other path to the playoffs except to win.But it was moreover truth that made this an exciting second. He made a spot in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is actually finalizing in the end of the time. Briscoe, who popped a 93-race winless touch, steers the team's well-known No. 14 cars and truck that was first steered by Tony Stewart." It's big," Briscoe said. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That's the cars and truck I cheered for growing up. I have actually seen that car succeed time and also time and time again, succeed a champion."' I was actually crying'-- Chase Briscoe on gaining Cook Out Southern 500 Busch, who was on slightly fresher tires in the end, simply could not catch Briscoe and also skipped the playoffs for the very first time since 2012." Our experts failed to have a lot velocity there through a bulk of the race," Busch mentioned. "Our team were actually merely mired in visitor traffic, and our company weren't capable to stand up by means of there. " But once we rose certainly there, I believed that those last three or even four restarts, we were going to have a shot managing in the top-5. Yet at that point our team had a shot for the succeed as well as only couldn't make it up there." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for racing him clean." Listed below he resides in 2nd. I feel like, 'You've got to be actually joking me-- I have actually operated 300 some laps to reach the lead, now Kyle is actually mosting likely to swipe it from our company,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs earned both playoff places for winless chauffeurs as well as they both possessed some instants to sweat as each were involved in wrecks.Truex wound up creating it by merely 6 points after getting into the nationality ensured a place if there was actually a loyal winner. He damaged on the second lap of the ethnicity as well as finished 36th, certainly not recognizing if he would certainly make the playoffs up until the end of the second stage." This is awful," Truex claimed just before he recognized whether he created the playoffs. "I simply loathe it for my team. ... They are entitled to far better. It's simply a mistake." NASCAR Mug Set: Southern five hundred Emphasizes Gibbs was associated with a wreck along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry received loose while three-wide along with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs managed to continue and made the cut through 12 aspects. If he had been knocked senseless of the competition, he likely still will possess created it, but it will have been only through a number of placements." Our team simply obtained ran actually-- I would say filthy right certainly there-- that was actually regrettable," Gibbs stated. "That was actually undoubtedly closer than it must have been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a tummy insect throughout the whole entire nationality, emotion as if he was mosting likely to either throw up or even have a case of diarrhea throughout the entire race. He ended up 10th, and also along with Larson completing 4th, exhausted Larson by one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline costs 15 playoff aspects (points a chauffeur may use to evolve if he does not succeed in the three-race playoff shots) while second area costs 10. Larson, with the most victories of any type of vehicle driver this year, would possess gained a tiebreaker.Reddick, who feels he recorded the pest coming from his youngster, mentioned it was the worst he ever experienced in an ethnicity cars and truck." It was actually horrendous on Saturday," Reddick pointed out." [I] got up Sunday along with the very same hoping it would be actually returned." I felt great basically all the way up till the race. It simply has to possess been actually the rub out of [Transform] 2 or something. It merely really, definitely got bad due to the end of Stage 1. It just kept there the rest of the way." Larson nearly gained the regular-season title despite skipping the May race at Charlotte nc while he competed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's certainly not just that a person," Larson stated. "I can possess ended up at Michigan or ended up at Iowa or finished at Chicago and also not even been near today. I do not check out Indy as being actually the reason that. That is actually simply portion of my time. I would not surrender managing the Indy five hundred for 5 reward factors." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has invested many years covering motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with assignments at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Performance publication as well as The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive a lot more from NASCAR Mug Set Observe your favorites to receive info regarding activities, news as well as additional.