.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off success Sunday that introduced him in to the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs while supplying a crushing blow to drivers expecting to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season ending as he led the final 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th motorist to get a playoff spot along with a gain, leaving Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to create the 16-driver playoff industry." I recognized it was actually mosting likely to be just one of those do-or-die minutes," Briscoe said. "We referred to it just before the race today, this is actually the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our experts carried out all evening long, I knew our experts would certainly remain in the mix." Our experts carried out. And our experts remained in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher skipped the cut through 6 aspects while Bubba Wallace missed it by 27 points. For much of the race, Buescher as well as Wallace seemed to be to become in a limited fight for the final playoff location while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, came up short as he finished second in the ultimate pair of regular-season nationalities." Our absolute best wasn't satisfactory-- as basic 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, Hunt Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the 2nd successive week, a chauffeur requiring a win to bring in the playoffs made it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got into the ethnicity 18th in the standings as well as 114 points behind the playoff cutoff, indicating he possessed no other path to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was actually more reality that made this an electrifying moment. He earned a location in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is actually finalizing at the end of the period. Briscoe, that popped a 93-race winless streak, drives the staff's well-known No. 14 auto that was 1st steered by Tony Stewart." It is actually huge," Briscoe said. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas supporter. That is actually the automobile I cheered for maturing. I have actually observed that car gain opportunity and also time and time again, succeed a champion."' I was sobbing'-- Pursuit Briscoe on gaining Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, that was on slightly fresher tires at the end, just could not find Briscoe and skipped the playoffs for the very first time since 2012." Our team really did not possess a lot speed there through a majority of the race," Busch said. "Our experts were actually just mired in traffic, and our company weren't able to get up through there. " Once our team stood up there certainly, I thought that those final three or even four restarts, we were actually going to have a shot operating in the top-5. But then our team took a crack at for the succeed and also only couldn't create it apex." Briscoe thanked Busch for racing him tidy." Below he resides in 2nd. I feel like, 'You've come to be joking me-- I've functioned 300 some laps to reach the lead, right now Kyle is actually visiting swipe it coming from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs got both playoff places for winless vehicle drivers and also they both possessed some moments to sweat as both were involved in wrecks.Truex wound up creating it by only six points after getting into the race promised a spot if there was a replay victor. He wrecked on the second tour of the nationality as well as ended up 36th, certainly not recognizing if he would certainly bring in the playoffs up until completion of the 2nd phase." This is unpleasant," Truex said prior to he knew whether he brought in the playoffs. "I merely despise it for my team. ... They are entitled to far better. It is actually simply a blunder." NASCAR Mug Series: Cook Out Southern 500 Highlights Gibbs was actually involved in an accident along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry got loose while three-wide along with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs managed to carry on as well as made it by 12 aspects. If he had been actually knocked senseless of the race, he likely still would have produced it, but it will possess been actually simply by a number of postures." Our team simply got operated definitely-- I would state dirty right there certainly-- that was unfavorable," Gibbs said. "That was actually absolutely closer than it should possess been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a belly pest throughout the entire ethnicity, emotion as if he was actually mosting likely to either regurgitate or even possess a scenario of diarrhea throughout the whole nationality. He wound up 10th, and with Larson finishing 4th, beat Larson through one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season title deserves 15 playoff aspects (points a motorist can easily utilize to progress if he does not win in the three-race playoff rounds) while 2nd location costs 10. Larson, along with the absolute most wins of any kind of driver this year, would have won a tiebreaker.Reddick, that thinks he recorded the bug from his child, stated it was the worst he ever before really felt in a nationality vehicle." It was actually awful on Saturday," Reddick mentioned." [I] awakened Sunday with the very same hoping it would certainly be returned." I felt great more or less all the way up till the nationality. It merely should have been actually the rub out of [Turn] 2 or even something. It just definitely, actually obtained negative due to the end of Phase 1. It simply stayed there the remainder of the way." Larson almost succeeded the regular-season headline regardless of missing the May ethnicity at Charlotte nc while he competed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It is actually not only that people," Larson said. "I could possess ended up at Michigan or finished at Iowa or even ended up at Chicago and not even been actually close today. I do not look at Indy as being actually the reason. That is actually just aspect of my time. I wouldn't surrender running the Indy 500 for 5 reward points." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has invested many years covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, along with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Performance publication and also The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain even more coming from NASCAR Mug Series Follow your favorites to get relevant information about activities, headlines and also more.