.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe resisted Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that introduced him right into the NASCAR Mug Set playoffs while providing a squashing draft to drivers expecting to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season ending as he led the last 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th driver to get a playoff place with a win, leaving Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless motorists to create the 16-driver playoff industry." I knew it was actually mosting likely to be among those do-or-die seconds," Briscoe claimed. "Our experts discussed it prior to the race today, this is the last bullet in the enclosure. ... If we executed all night long, I understood our company would be in the mix." We carried out. And also we were in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher skipped the cut through 6 points while Bubba Wallace overlooked it through 27 points. For much of the ethnicity, Buescher as well as Wallace seemed to be in a tight battle for the last playoff area while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, came up short as he completed second in the ultimate 2 regular-season ethnicities." Our absolute best wasn't sufficient-- as easy as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and Gibbs in the playoffs are actually Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champion), Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Pursuit Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman as well as Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the 2nd consecutive full week, a vehicle driver needing a win to create the playoffs made it occur: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe went into the race 18th in the standings and also 114 points behind the playoff cutoff, meaning he had no other pathway to the playoffs except to win.But it was actually more than that fact that made this an exhilarating second. He got a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is closing by the end of the period. Briscoe, that popped a 93-race winless streak, steers the group's legendary No. 14 automobile that was initial steered by Tony Stewart." It is actually huge," Briscoe said. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That is actually the auto I cheered for maturing. I've observed that automobile succeed time as well as over and over again, win a champion."' I was sobbing'-- Hunt Briscoe on succeeding Southern five hundred Busch, who was on somewhat fresher tires by the end, merely couldn't catch Briscoe and also overlooked the playoffs for the very first time given that 2012." Our team failed to have a lot speed there through a majority of the race," Busch said. "Our company were merely snared in visitor traffic, as well as our team weren't capable to stand up through there. " But once we got out of bed there certainly, I believed that those last three or even four restarts, our team were actually mosting likely to have a shot operating in the top-5. However at that point our team took a crack at for the gain and also only couldn't create it up there." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for dashing him clean." Here he is in 2nd. I resemble, 'You've got to be joking me-- I've worked 300 some tours to get to the lead, right now Kyle is actually heading to take it coming from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex and also Gibbs made the 2 playoff locations for winless chauffeurs and also they both possessed some instants to sweat as both were associated with wrecks.Truex wound up creating it by merely 6 factors after going into the nationality promised a location if there was actually a replay champion. He wrecked on the 2nd tour of the nationality and also ended up 36th, not understanding if he would bring in the playoffs up until the end of the 2nd phase." This is unhappy," Truex stated prior to he understood whether he brought in the playoffs. "I merely dislike it for my group. ... They are worthy of better. It is actually merely an error." NASCAR Cup Series: Southern 500 Highlights Gibbs was associated with a wreckage with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry received loose while three-wide along with Gibbs and also Hamlin. Gibbs was able to proceed and made the cut through 12 factors. If he had actually been actually knocked out of the race, he likely still will have created it, however it would have been simply through a couple of positions." Our company only got managed truly-- I will point out dirty right there-- that was unfortunate," Gibbs claimed. "That was actually undoubtedly closer than it must possess been actually." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick combated a stomach pest throughout the whole ethnicity, feeling as if he was going to either throw up or even possess a case of looseness of the bowels throughout the entire race. He ended up 10th, and also with Larson ending up fourth, beat Larson through one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline costs 15 playoff factors (factors a motorist may use to advance if he doesn't gain in the three-race playoff shots) while 2nd place is worth 10. Larson, along with the most success of any sort of vehicle driver this year, would have gained a tiebreaker.Reddick, that believes he recorded the bug coming from his youngster, mentioned it was actually the worst he ever experienced in a race car." It was actually dreadful on Saturday," Reddick mentioned." [I] got up Sunday along with the same hoping it would be actually returned." I experienced good essentially all the way up till the nationality. It only must have been actually the polish off of [Turn] 2 or something. It merely really, definitely got negative by the end of Phase 1. It merely kept there the rest of the way." Larson nearly won the regular-season headline regardless of skipping the May race at Charlotte while he competed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's not merely that," Larson mentioned. "I could have completed at Michigan or ended up at Iowa or even completed at Chicago as well as not even been close today. I do not look at Indy as being the reason that. That is actually just component of my time. I wouldn't surrender running the Indy 500 for 5 benefit points." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually spent decades covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Performance publication and The (Daytona Coastline) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain even more from NASCAR Cup Series Observe your preferences to acquire relevant information concerning games, headlines and more.