.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Chase Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that launched him right into the NASCAR Mug Collection playoffs while delivering a squashing blow to drivers hoping to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe grabbed the regular-season finale as he led the ultimate 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th vehicle driver to earn a playoff place with a succeed, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to make the 16-driver playoff industry." I recognized it was going to be just one of those do-or-die minutes," Briscoe mentioned. "Our company spoke about it prior to the ethnicity today, this is actually the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our company executed all night long, I knew our experts would reside in the mix." We implemented. And also we resided in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the reduced through six points while Bubba Wallace missed it by 27 aspects. For much of the nationality, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to be to become in a strict battle for the final playoff area while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, lost as he ended up second in the ultimate two regular-season races." Our finest had not been good enough-- as easy 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 chauffeur requiring a win to make the playoffs made it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got into the ethnicity 18th in the standings as well as 114 aspects behind the playoff cutoff, meaning he possessed not one other course to the playoffs other than to win.But it was more simple fact that made this a thrilling moment. He earned a spot in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is actually finalizing by the end of the time. Briscoe, who snapped a 93-race winless streak, drives the crew's iconic No. 14 car that was initial driven by Tony Stewart." It's significant," Briscoe claimed. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That's the cars and truck I cheered for maturing. I've seen that auto succeed opportunity and also over and over again, gain a champion."' I was actually weeping'-- Hunt Briscoe on gaining Cook Out Southern 500 Busch, that performed somewhat fresher tires in the end, only couldn't find Briscoe and also missed out on the playoffs for the first time since 2012." Our experts failed to have a lot velocity there through a majority of the competition," Busch pointed out. "Our experts were only mired in visitor traffic, and our team weren't capable to rise through there. " But once our experts got out of bed there, I felt like those last three or 4 restarts, we were heading to have a shot running in the top-5. However then our team took a crack at for the win as well as only couldn't make it up there." Briscoe thanked Busch for competing him well-maintained." Right here he resides in second. I resemble, 'You have actually come to be joking me-- I've functioned 300 some tours to come to the lead, right now Kyle is actually going to take it from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs made both playoff areas for winless chauffeurs as well as they each possessed some seconds to sweat as both were involved in wrecks.Truex wound up making it through only 6 points after entering the nationality promised a spot if there was a replay champion. He trashed on the 2nd tour of the nationality and also finished 36th, not recognizing if he would make the playoffs till the end of the 2nd phase." This is actually miserable," Truex pointed out just before he understood whether he brought in the playoffs. "I only hate it for my staff. ... They should have much better. It's just an oversight." NASCAR Cup Set: Cook Out Southern five hundred Emphasizes Gibbs was actually associated with an accident with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry acquired loosened while three-wide along with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs was able to carry on as well as made the cut through 12 aspects. If he had been knocked senseless of the competition, he likely still would have made it, but it will have been actually just through a couple of positions." We merely acquired ran actually-- I would say filthy right certainly there-- that was unfavorable," Gibbs mentioned. "That was most definitely closer than it ought to possess been actually." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a belly pest throughout the whole entire nationality, sensation as if he was actually mosting likely to either throw up or have a case of looseness of the bowels throughout the whole race. He wound up 10th, and also along with Larson ending up 4th, beat Larson through one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season label costs 15 playoff factors (factors a chauffeur may use to advance if he doesn't gain in the three-race playoff rounds) while second location is worth 10. Larson, along with the absolute most triumphes of any vehicle driver this year, would certainly have succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, who feels he recorded the bug coming from his youngster, said it was actually the most awful he ever before felt in a nationality cars and truck." It was actually awful on Sunday," Reddick said." [I] woke up Sunday along with the very same wishing it would be returned." I experienced really good essentially all the way up till the nationality. It merely needs to have been actually the bump off of [Turn] 2 or something. It only really, actually got negative by the end of Phase 1. It simply stayed there the remainder of the way." Larson virtually gained the regular-season headline in spite of missing the May nationality at Charlotte nc while he competed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It's certainly not merely that people," Larson mentioned. "I can possess completed at Michigan or ended up at Iowa or completed at Chicago and certainly not even been near today. I don't take a look at Indy as being actually the main reason why. That's simply portion of my time. I would not lose hope managing the Indy five hundred for 5 benefit points." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has devoted decades dealing with motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with jobs at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Performance magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain more coming from NASCAR Mug Series Follow your preferences to obtain relevant information about video games, headlines and also even more.