.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe postponed Kyle Busch for a walk-off success Sunday that introduced him right into the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs while delivering a pulverizing blow to vehicle drivers wishing to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe grabbed the regular-season finale as he led the final 26 tours of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th chauffeur to gain a playoff location with a gain, leaving Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to make the 16-driver playoff field." I recognized it was actually going to be just one of those do-or-die moments," Briscoe claimed. "Our team referred to it prior to the nationality today, this is the last bullet in the chamber. ... If our company carried out all evening long, I recognized our team would certainly be in the mix." Our experts carried out. And also we resided in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher skipped the cut through 6 factors while Bubba Wallace overlooked it through 27 factors. For a lot of the race, Buescher as well as Wallace seemed to be in a tight fight for the ultimate playoff location while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that additionally went winless this year, lost as he completed second in the last two regular-season races." Our finest wasn't adequate-- as easy as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also Gibbs in the playoffs are actually Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champion), 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 ending, where for the 2nd consecutive week, a driver requiring a gain to bring in the playoffs made it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got in the race 18th in the standings as well as 114 factors responsible for the playoff deadline, implying he possessed nothing else road to the playoffs other than to win.But it was more than that simple fact that made this an electrifying moment. He earned a location in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is actually finalizing in the end of the season. Briscoe, that snapped a 93-race winless streak, drives the team's well-known No. 14 automobile that was actually first driven through Tony Stewart." It is actually massive," Briscoe mentioned. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That is actually the auto I cheered for growing up. I have actually seen that vehicle succeed time as well as time and time again, win a championship."' I was bursting into tears'-- Hunt Briscoe on succeeding Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, who was on somewhat fresher tires in the end, just couldn't find Briscoe as well as overlooked the playoffs for the very first time given that 2012." Our experts didn't have a lot velocity there via a large number of the race," Busch pointed out. "Our company were just stuck in web traffic, and also our team weren't capable to get up by means of there. " Once our experts stood up certainly there, I seemed like those last 3 or even four restarts, our company were actually going to have a shot managing in the top-5. But after that our company took a crack at for the win and only couldn't create it apex." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for competing him tidy." Below he is in second. I resemble, 'You have actually got to be actually joking me-- I have actually worked 300 some laps to reach the lead, right now Kyle is actually going to steal it coming from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex and Gibbs made both playoff places for winless drivers and they each possessed some moments to sweat as each were involved in wrecks.Truex wound up creating it by just six aspects after entering into the nationality guaranteed a location if there was a replay winner. He wrecked on the 2nd lap of the nationality and also finished 36th, certainly not recognizing if he would make the playoffs until completion of the second stage." This is unpleasant," Truex mentioned before he understood whether he created the playoffs. "I merely detest it for my team. ... They are worthy of much better. It is actually only an oversight." NASCAR Mug Collection: Cook Out Southern five hundred Features Gibbs was associated with a wreck with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry received loose while three-wide with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs had the ability to continue and also made the cut through 12 factors. If he had been knocked out of the race, he likely still would certainly have created it, but it would certainly possess been merely through a number of positions." We only received operated actually-- I would mention dirty right there certainly-- that was unlucky," Gibbs stated. "That was definitely closer than it needs to have been." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a stomach bug throughout the entire ethnicity, feeling as if he was mosting likely to either throw up or even have a case of looseness of the bowels throughout the entire ethnicity. He ended up 10th, and also with Larson completing fourth, exhausted Larson through one factor for the regular-season title.The regular-season label costs 15 playoff aspects (factors a vehicle driver can make use of to progress if he doesn't succeed in the three-race playoff shots) while second place deserves 10. Larson, along with the most success of any vehicle driver this year, will possess succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, that feels he caught the insect coming from his little one, stated it was actually the most awful he ever felt in an ethnicity car." It was terrible on Saturday," Reddick pointed out." [I] got out of bed Sunday with the very same wishing it will be actually returned." I felt really good more or less completely up till the nationality. It simply has to have been actually the bump off of [Switch] 2 or even something. It just actually, actually got bad by the end of Stage 1. It just stayed there the rest of the means." Larson virtually won the regular-season label in spite of skipping the May nationality at Charlotte while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's certainly not merely that a person," Larson mentioned. "I might have ended up at Michigan or even finished at Iowa or even finished at Chicago as well as not also been close today. I don't check out Indy as being the reason why. That is actually simply component of my time. I would not surrender operating the Indy 500 for 5 bonus offer factors." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually spent years dealing with motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Coastline) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain even more coming from NASCAR Cup Series Observe your favorites to get info concerning games, information and also even more.