.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe postponed Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that launched him in to the NASCAR Mug Series playoffs while supplying a pulverizing blow to drivers expecting to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe caught the regular-season finale as he led the final 26 laps of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th motorist to earn a playoff place along with a win, leaving Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to create the 16-driver playoff industry." I knew it was actually visiting be one of those do-or-die seconds," Briscoe stated. "Our team spoke about it prior to the ethnicity today, this is the final bullet in the enclosure. ... If we carried out all evening long, I knew we will remain in the mix." Our team performed. And our team remained in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher skipped the reduced by 6 factors while Bubba Wallace missed it by 27 factors. For much of the race, Buescher and Wallace appeared to be in a strict war for the last playoff area while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, came up short as he finished second in the ultimate two regular-season nationalities." Our ideal had not been good enough-- as simple as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also Gibbs in the playoffs are Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champ), Kyle Larson, Christopher Alarm, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the 2nd successive full week, a motorist requiring a succeed to create the playoffs made it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got in the ethnicity 18th in the status as well as 114 aspects responsible for the playoff deadline, implying he possessed not one other course to the playoffs other than to win.But it was actually moreover simple fact that made this an electrifying moment. He made a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is actually shutting at the end of the time. Briscoe, who snapped a 93-race winless touch, steers the staff's well-known No. 14 vehicle that was initial steered through Tony Stewart." It is actually big," Briscoe stated. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That's the automobile I cheered for growing up. I have actually observed that cars and truck succeed opportunity and time and time again, gain a champion."' I was bursting into tears'-- Pursuit Briscoe on succeeding Cook Out Southern 500 Busch, who was on a little fresher tires at the end, only could not get Briscoe and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2012." We didn't possess much speed there with a large number of the race," Busch stated. "We were just mired in web traffic, and our team weren't able to rise with there. " Once our experts stood up there certainly, I thought that those last 3 or even four restarts, our team were actually mosting likely to have a shot operating in the top-5. But at that point our company took a crack at for the win and also simply could not make it apex." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for competing him well-maintained." Below he remains in 2nd. I feel like, 'You've come to be joking me-- I've functioned 300 some laps to reach the top, now Kyle is going to take it from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs gained the two playoff locations for winless chauffeurs as well as they each possessed some moments to sweat as each were associated with wrecks.Truex found yourself making it by just 6 points after going into the race assured a spot if there was actually a repeat champion. He ravaged on the second lap of the race and completed 36th, not knowing if he would certainly make the playoffs till the end of the second stage." This is difficult," Truex claimed just before he knew whether he brought in the playoffs. "I just dislike it for my group. ... They are entitled to much better. It's just a blunder." NASCAR Cup Set: Southern five hundred Features Gibbs was involved in a wreck with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry obtained loose while three-wide along with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs had the capacity to carry on and made it through 12 factors. If he had actually been actually knocked senseless of the race, he likely still would have made it, but it would certainly have been simply by a couple of placements." Our team just received ran definitely-- I would certainly point out unclean right there-- that was actually unfavorable," Gibbs claimed. "That was definitely closer than it ought to have been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a tummy bug throughout the whole entire race, feeling as if he was heading to either throw up or have a scenario of looseness of the bowels throughout the whole entire race. He ended up 10th, and along with Larson ending up 4th, exhausted Larson through one factor for the regular-season title.The regular-season label deserves 15 playoff points (factors a chauffeur can easily make use of to advance if he does not gain in the three-race playoff rounds) while second spot is worth 10. Larson, with one of the most success of any kind of motorist this year, would have succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, who believes he captured the bug from his youngster, stated it was the most awful he ever before really felt in an ethnicity auto." It was horrendous on Saturday," Reddick mentioned." [I] woke up Sunday with the very same hoping it will be actually gone again." I felt good more or less right up until the nationality. It only must possess been actually the bump off of [Switch] 2 or even one thing. It only definitely, truly obtained poor by the end of Phase 1. It only stayed there the rest of the method." Larson virtually gained the regular-season title despite missing the May race at Charlotte nc while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It is actually not simply that a person," Larson pointed out. "I can possess finished at Michigan or ended up at Iowa or ended up at Chicago and not also been actually shut today. I do not look at Indy as being the reason why. That is actually merely part of my season. I definitely would not lose hope operating the Indy five hundred for five reward points." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually invested decades dealing with motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene magazine and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive more coming from NASCAR Mug Series Follow your favorites to acquire details about activities, updates and also even more.