.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that released him in to the NASCAR Mug Series playoffs while supplying a pulverizing draft to chauffeurs hoping to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe recorded the regular-season ending as he led the last 26 laps of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th motorist to gain a playoff spot along with a gain, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to make the 16-driver playoff field." I understood it was visiting be one of those do-or-die instants," Briscoe claimed. "We discussed it just before the race today, this is actually the last bullet in the chamber. ... If our company carried out all night long, I understood our experts would be in the mix." Our company executed. And our company remained in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher missed the reduced by six factors while Bubba Wallace missed it by 27 factors. For a lot of the race, Buescher as well as Wallace appeared to be in a strict battle for the final playoff location while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that also went winless this year, came up short as he ended up second in the final pair of regular-season nationalities." Our best had not been good enough-- as simple 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, Hunt Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the 2nd successive week, a chauffeur requiring a gain to bring in the playoffs made it occur: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered into the ethnicity 18th in the standings as well as 114 factors responsible for the playoff deadline, suggesting he had nothing else pathway to the playoffs except to win.But it was more fact that made this an electrifying moment. He made a location in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is actually closing at the end of the time. Briscoe, who snapped a 93-race winless touch, drives the staff's famous No. 14 auto that was actually 1st driven by Tony Stewart." It's big," Briscoe claimed. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That's the car I cheered for growing. I've viewed that car gain opportunity and also time and time again, win a championship."' I was actually shedding tears'-- Hunt Briscoe on succeeding Southern five hundred Busch, that got on somewhat fresher tires by the end, simply could not get Briscoe and missed the playoffs for the very first time considering that 2012." Our company really did not have a lot rate there through a bulk of the race," Busch pointed out. "We were actually simply bogged down in traffic, and our company weren't capable to rise through there. " But once our team got out of bed certainly there, I felt like those last three or even four restarts, our experts were heading to take a crack at managing in the top-5. But at that point our team took a crack at for the succeed and also just could not make it apex." Briscoe thanked Busch for dashing him well-maintained." Listed below he is in 2nd. I feel like, 'You have actually got to be actually kidding me-- I have actually functioned 300 some tours to come to the lead, now Kyle is visiting take it from our company,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs earned the two playoff areas for winless vehicle drivers as well as they both had some instants to sweat as each were associated with wrecks.Truex ended up making it through simply six factors after entering the ethnicity promised an area if there was actually a regular winner. He trashed on the second lap of the nationality and completed 36th, not knowing if he will make the playoffs up until completion of the second phase." This is awful," Truex pointed out before he knew whether he made the playoffs. "I only despise it for my staff. ... They ought to have far better. It's merely a mistake." NASCAR Cup Collection: Southern five hundred Features Gibbs was actually involved in an accident along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry acquired loosened while three-wide along with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs had the capacity to carry on and made the cut through 12 aspects. If he had actually been actually knocked senseless of the competition, he likely still would certainly have made it, yet it would certainly have been actually simply through a number of postures." Our company just obtained operated truly-- I would state unclean right there-- that was unfortunate," Gibbs stated. "That was certainly closer than it must possess been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick combated a stomach bug throughout the whole entire ethnicity, feeling as if he was going to either throw up or even have an instance of looseness of the bowels throughout the whole entire nationality. He wound up 10th, as well as with Larson completing 4th, exhausted Larson by one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline is worth 15 playoff factors (points a driver may use to accelerate if he doesn't gain in the three-race playoff rounds) while 2nd location deserves 10. Larson, along with one of the most wins of any vehicle driver this year, would certainly have won a tiebreaker.Reddick, who thinks he caught the bug coming from his kid, said it was actually the worst he ever felt in an ethnicity vehicle." It was actually horrendous on Sunday," Reddick mentioned." [I] woke up Sunday along with the very same hoping it will be returned." I felt excellent basically completely up till the race. It merely should possess been the rub out of [Switch] 2 or even one thing. It merely truly, really obtained negative due to the end of Stage 1. It merely kept there the rest of the way." Larson nearly won the regular-season headline regardless of missing the May ethnicity at Charlotte while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually not merely that a person," Larson claimed. "I could possibly have finished at Michigan or even ended up at Iowa or even ended up at Chicago and also certainly not even been shut today. I do not check out Indy as being the main reason why. That's merely part of my season. I would not surrender running the Indy five hundred for five benefit aspects." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has invested years dealing with motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, along with stints at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Performance publication and also The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive even more from NASCAR Cup Series Follow your faves to get info about games, news and also additional.