.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe resisted Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that introduced him into the NASCAR Mug Series playoffs while supplying a squashing draft to drivers wanting to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe grabbed the regular-season finale as he led the last 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th motorist to gain a playoff place with a gain, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to make the 16-driver playoff industry." I understood it was actually mosting likely to be among those do-or-die seconds," Briscoe mentioned. "Our team spoke about it before the nationality today, this is the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our experts carried out all evening long, I understood our team would certainly remain in the mix." Our experts executed. And also our company resided in the mix in the end." Chris Buescher overlooked the reduced by 6 points while Bubba Wallace skipped it by 27 aspects. For a lot of the race, Buescher as well as Wallace seemed to be to become in a strict struggle for the last playoff place while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, came up short as he ended up second in the last 2 regular-season nationalities." Our absolute best wasn't acceptable-- as straightforward as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and Gibbs in the playoffs are Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champion), Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Hunt Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman as well as Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the second consecutive week, a chauffeur needing a gain to create the playoffs made it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe went into the race 18th in the standings as well as 114 aspects behind the playoff cutoff, suggesting he possessed nothing else pathway to the playoffs except to win.But it was moreover fact that created this a thrilling minute. He gained an area in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is closing at the end of the period. Briscoe, that snapped a 93-race winless streak, drives the team's famous No. 14 car that was actually initial driven by Tony Stewart." It is actually large," Briscoe pointed out. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas supporter. That's the car I cheered for maturing. I've observed that cars and truck gain time and time and time again, gain a championship."' I was actually sobbing'-- Pursuit Briscoe on succeeding Southern five hundred Busch, that performed a little fresher tires by the end, simply could not get Briscoe and missed out on the playoffs for the very first time considering that 2012." We really did not have a lot rate there via a large number of the race," Busch mentioned. "Our team were actually just snared in website traffic, and also our experts weren't able to get up by means of there. " But once we stood up there certainly, I felt like those final 3 or four restarts, our experts were mosting likely to have a shot operating in the top-5. However at that point our team had a shot for the gain and also merely could not make it up there." Briscoe thanked Busch for competing him clean." Below he remains in second. I'm like, 'You have actually reached be kidding me-- I have actually functioned 300 some laps to come to the top, right now Kyle is actually going to take it coming from our company,'" Briscoe said.Wreck As well as AdvanceTruex and Gibbs made both playoff locations for winless drivers and also they both possessed some seconds to sweat as each were involved in wrecks.Truex wound up creating it through merely 6 points after going into the ethnicity ensured a spot if there was a repeat victor. He wrecked on the second lap of the ethnicity and ended up 36th, certainly not recognizing if he would certainly bring in the playoffs till completion of the second phase." This is actually unpleasant," Truex said prior to he knew whether he brought in the playoffs. "I merely hate it for my staff. ... They are worthy of far better. It's only an error." NASCAR Cup Set: Southern five hundred Highlights Gibbs was actually associated with an accident along with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry got loosened while three-wide along with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs managed to carry on as well as made it by 12 factors. If he had been actually knocked out of the competition, he likely still will possess produced it, yet it would have been simply through a couple of placements." Our experts merely received ran really-- I would certainly say dirty right there certainly-- that was actually unfortunate," Gibbs pointed out. "That was definitely closer than it ought to have been actually." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a belly pest throughout the whole nationality, emotion as if he was actually heading to either regurgitate or even have a case of diarrhea throughout the whole entire ethnicity. He wound up 10th, and also with Larson completing fourth, exhausted Larson through one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline costs 15 playoff factors (factors a vehicle driver can use to progress if he does not gain in the three-race playoff shots) while second place deserves 10. Larson, along with one of the most triumphes of any driver this year, would certainly have succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, who thinks he caught the bug coming from his child, said it was actually the worst he ever before really felt in a nationality vehicle." It was awful on Saturday," Reddick mentioned." [I] got up Sunday with the same hoping it would certainly be gone again." I experienced excellent essentially all the way up until the nationality. It merely has to possess been the bump off of [Switch] 2 or something. It just definitely, really acquired negative due to the end of Stage 1. It simply kept there the rest of the technique." Larson almost won the regular-season headline even with skipping the May race at Charlotte nc while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It's certainly not just that," Larson said. "I could possess finished at Michigan or even completed at Iowa or even finished at Chicago and also not also been near today. I don't take a look at Indy as being the reason that. That's merely component of my time. I would not surrender managing the Indy five hundred for 5 incentive factors." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has devoted years covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with assignments at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Scene journal and also The (Daytona Seaside) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire more coming from NASCAR Mug Collection Observe your favorites to obtain info about video games, information and more.