.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Chase Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that introduced him right into the NASCAR Cup Set playoffs while delivering a squashing blow to chauffeurs expecting to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season ending as he led the final 26 laps of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th vehicle driver to make a playoff place with a gain, leaving Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless motorists to make the 16-driver playoff field." I recognized it was mosting likely to be one of those do-or-die instants," Briscoe said. "Our team talked about it just before the race today, this is the last bullet in the chamber. ... If our company carried out all night long, I knew our company would certainly be in the mix." Our team carried out. And also our team were in the mix in the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the reduced by 6 aspects while Bubba Wallace missed it by 27 aspects. For a lot of the ethnicity, Buescher and also Wallace appeared to be in a strict battle for the ultimate playoff spot while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that also went winless this year, lost as he completed second in the final pair of regular-season nationalities." Our absolute best had not been good enough-- as basic as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also Gibbs in the playoffs are actually 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 as well as Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the second successive full week, a motorist needing to have a gain to bring in the playoffs created it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe went into the race 18th in the status and also 114 points behind the playoff cutoff, meaning he had not one other pathway to the playoffs other than to win.But it was more reality that made this an electrifying instant. He gained a location in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is closing at the end of the time. Briscoe, who snapped a 93-race winless streak, drives the team's iconic No. 14 car that was very first driven by Tony Stewart." It's large," Briscoe said. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That is actually the car I cheered for growing up. I've viewed that cars and truck gain opportunity and over and over again, win a championship."' I was actually weeping'-- Hunt Briscoe on succeeding Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, that performed somewhat fresher tires in the end, just couldn't see Briscoe and also skipped the playoffs for the first time since 2012." Our experts failed to possess much rate there by means of a large number of the competition," Busch claimed. "We were simply mired in website traffic, and our experts weren't capable to get up by means of there. " Once our team rose there certainly, I felt like those last three or even 4 restarts, our team were actually going to take a crack at running in the top-5. However then our company had a shot for the gain and also just couldn't create it up there." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for racing him clean." Here he resides in 2nd. I resemble, 'You've reached be kidding me-- I've operated 300 some tours to get to the top, today Kyle is actually heading to steal it from our company,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex and also Gibbs made the 2 playoff spots for winless vehicle drivers and also they each had some instants to sweat as both were actually associated with wrecks.Truex wound up creating it through simply 6 aspects after entering the race guaranteed a location if there was actually a replay victor. He wrecked on the 2nd tour of the nationality and completed 36th, certainly not understanding if he would make the playoffs until completion of the second stage." This is unpleasant," Truex mentioned before he recognized whether he created the playoffs. "I merely dislike it for my crew. ... They are entitled to better. It's just a mistake." NASCAR Cup Collection: Southern 500 Emphasizes Gibbs was associated with a wreck along with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry acquired loosened while three-wide along with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs was able to continue and made it through 12 points. If he had actually been actually knocked out of the race, he likely still will possess produced it, however it would certainly possess been merely by a couple of positions." Our team simply acquired ran really-- I would mention dirty right there-- that was unlucky," Gibbs stated. "That was undoubtedly closer than it ought to have been." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a belly bug throughout the entire nationality, sensation as if he was heading to either regurgitate or possess a situation of diarrhea throughout the whole race. He ended up 10th, as well as along with Larson completing fourth, beat Larson through one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline deserves 15 playoff aspects (factors a driver can easily utilize to accelerate if he doesn't succeed in the three-race playoff shots) while second place costs 10. Larson, with the most triumphes of any type of driver this year, would possess won a tiebreaker.Reddick, that thinks he caught the pest coming from his child, claimed it was actually awful he ever really felt in a nationality vehicle." It was dreadful on Sunday," Reddick said." [I] got out of bed Sunday with the exact same hoping it would certainly be actually returned." I experienced really good pretty much all the way up until the ethnicity. It just should possess been the polish off of [Turn] 2 or even something. It merely definitely, definitely acquired poor by the end of Stage 1. It just stayed there the remainder of the method." Larson nearly succeeded the regular-season label in spite of missing out on the May ethnicity at Charlotte nc while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually certainly not only that a person," Larson said. "I could possess ended up at Michigan or ended up at Iowa or finished at Chicago as well as certainly not even been shut today. I don't consider Indy as being the reason why. That's merely part of my period. I definitely would not quit managing the Indy five hundred for 5 perk factors." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has devoted many years covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Performance journal and The (Daytona Beach Front) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive a lot more from NASCAR Mug Set Observe your favorites to acquire information concerning video games, headlines and also even more.