.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe resisted Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that launched him right into the NASCAR Cup Set playoffs while providing a pulverizing draft to chauffeurs intending to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe caught the regular-season finale as he led the last 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th motorist to gain a playoff place along with a win, leaving Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to make the 16-driver playoff industry." I understood it was visiting be among those do-or-die minutes," Briscoe said. "Our team spoke about it before the nationality today, this is actually the final bullet in the enclosure. ... If our experts executed all night long, I recognized we would remain in the mix." Our team performed. As well as we resided in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher overlooked the reduced through six factors while Bubba Wallace missed it through 27 factors. For much of the ethnicity, Buescher as well as Wallace appeared to be in a tight war for the ultimate playoff place while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that additionally went winless this year, came up short as he ended up second in the last pair of regular-season races." Our finest wasn't good enough-- as simple as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also 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 and also Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the 2nd consecutive full week, a chauffeur needing to have a win to make the playoffs created it occur: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered the ethnicity 18th in the status as well as 114 points behind the playoff cutoff, meaning he possessed nothing else pathway to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was actually more than that fact that made this an exhilarating moment. He earned an area in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is shutting in the end of the time. Briscoe, that popped a 93-race winless touch, drives the crew's well-known No. 14 vehicle that was first steered through Tony Stewart." It is actually big," Briscoe mentioned. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That is actually the vehicle I cheered for growing. I have actually viewed that cars and truck win opportunity as well as time and time again, succeed a champion."' I was actually crying'-- Hunt Briscoe on succeeding Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, that was on slightly fresher tires in the end, merely couldn't see Briscoe and missed the playoffs for the very first time since 2012." Our experts really did not have a lot speed there by means of a bulk of the race," Busch said. "We were simply snared in web traffic, as well as our company weren't able to stand up by means of there. " Once our experts got out of bed certainly there, I seemed like those last 3 or even four restarts, we were going to have a shot running in the top-5. But after that our team had a shot for the gain as well as only could not make it up there." Briscoe thanked Busch for dashing him tidy." Here he is in 2nd. I resemble, 'You have actually reached be joking me-- I've functioned 300 some tours to reach the lead, now Kyle is actually heading to swipe it coming from our company,'" Briscoe said.Wreck As well as AdvanceTruex and Gibbs earned both playoff places for winless drivers as well as they each possessed some instants to sweat as both were actually involved in wrecks.Truex wound up making it by simply six factors after entering the race promised a spot if there was actually a regular winner. He trashed on the 2nd lap of the ethnicity and also ended up 36th, not knowing if he will make the playoffs till the end of the second stage." This is actually awful," Truex said prior to he recognized whether he created the playoffs. "I merely loathe it for my staff. ... They should have much better. It's just an error." NASCAR Cup Series: Southern 500 Highlights Gibbs was involved in an accident with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry received loosened while three-wide with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs was able to continue as well as made the cut through 12 points. If he had been knocked senseless of the race, he likely still will possess created it, however it would have been actually only by a number of placements." Our team just obtained managed actually-- I will say dirty right there-- that was actually unfavorable," Gibbs stated. "That was actually certainly closer than it should possess been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick combated a belly insect throughout the whole race, emotion as if he was mosting likely to either throw up or possess an instance of diarrhea throughout the entire race. He ended up 10th, as well as along with Larson ending up fourth, exhausted Larson by one factor for the regular-season title.The regular-season title is worth 15 playoff factors (points a chauffeur can easily make use of to accelerate if he doesn't win in the three-race playoff shots) while second location costs 10. Larson, along with one of the most wins of any kind of driver this year, would possess succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, who feels he recorded the insect coming from his youngster, stated it was actually the worst he ever before really felt in a race car." It was actually dreadful on Sunday," Reddick stated." [I] awakened Sunday with the same wishing it would be returned." I experienced really good virtually right up until the ethnicity. It merely needs to possess been actually the rub out of [Turn] 2 or even one thing. It merely really, really received poor due to the end of Phase 1. It just stayed there the rest of the means." Larson nearly succeeded the regular-season title even with missing the May race at Charlotte nc while he competed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually not only that one," Larson stated. "I might possess ended up at Michigan or ended up at Iowa or finished at Chicago as well as certainly not also been actually near today. I don't take a look at Indy as being actually the main reason why. That's simply portion of my season. I definitely would not give up running the Indy 500 for five benefit factors." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually devoted decades dealing with motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Performance magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get more coming from NASCAR Mug Collection Follow your faves to receive information concerning activities, updates and additional.