.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe postponed Kyle Busch for a walk-off success Sunday that introduced him into the NASCAR Mug Collection playoffs while delivering a squashing draft to vehicle drivers wishing to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season finale as he led the ultimate 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th motorist to earn a playoff location with a succeed, leaving Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless chauffeurs to create the 16-driver playoff area." I knew it was heading to be just one of those do-or-die seconds," Briscoe mentioned. "We spoke about it before the ethnicity today, this is the last bullet in the enclosure. ... If our company performed all night long, I knew our experts would reside in the mix." Our experts carried out. And we remained in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the reduced by six factors while Bubba Wallace missed it through 27 factors. For much of the race, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to be in a tight struggle for the final playoff place while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, who additionally went winless this year, came up short as he ended up second in the last 2 regular-season nationalities." Our ideal wasn't adequate-- as basic 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, Pursuit Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and also Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the 2nd successive full week, a motorist needing a succeed to create the playoffs created it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered into the race 18th in the status as well as 114 points responsible for the playoff deadline, implying he had no other course to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was actually more than that simple fact that created this an electrifying second. He gained a spot in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Racing, which is actually closing at the end of the period. Briscoe, that broke a 93-race winless streak, steers the staff's iconic No. 14 auto that was first steered by Tony Stewart." It's massive," Briscoe stated. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas supporter. That is actually the automobile I cheered for growing up. I've seen that auto gain time as well as over and over again, succeed a champion."' I was shedding tears'-- Pursuit Briscoe on succeeding Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, that performed slightly fresher tires by the end, merely could not see Briscoe and missed out on the playoffs for the first time given that 2012." We failed to have a lot speed there through a large number of the competition," Busch claimed. "Our company were actually merely stuck in website traffic, and our company weren't capable to rise through there. " Once we got out of bed there certainly, I felt like those last three or even 4 restarts, we were actually heading to have a shot running in the top-5. However then our company had a shot for the gain and simply could not create it up there." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for dashing him well-maintained." Here he resides in second. I resemble, 'You've got to be actually kidding me-- I've worked 300 some tours to come to the lead, right now Kyle is actually heading to steal it coming from our company,'" Briscoe said.Wreck As well as AdvanceTruex and Gibbs got the two playoff spots for winless chauffeurs and also they both possessed some seconds to sweat as each were involved in wrecks.Truex found yourself creating it through only six points after getting into the race promised a location if there was actually a regular victor. He damaged on the second lap of the race as well as completed 36th, not knowing if he would create the playoffs till the end of the 2nd stage." This is unhappy," Truex said before he knew whether he created the playoffs. "I simply despise it for my team. ... They should have much better. It's merely an error." NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out Southern five hundred Highlights Gibbs was associated with an accident along with 23 laps to go when Josh Berry received loose while three-wide with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs had the ability to continue as well as made it through 12 aspects. If he had been knocked senseless of the race, he likely still would certainly possess made it, however it would certainly have been only through a number of placements." Our company just received managed really-- I would claim unclean right certainly there-- that was unfavorable," Gibbs pointed out. "That was actually undoubtedly closer than it must possess been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a belly pest throughout the entire ethnicity, feeling as if he was actually visiting either regurgitate or even have an instance of diarrhea throughout the whole race. He wound up 10th, and along with Larson completing fourth, beat Larson by one aspect for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline costs 15 playoff aspects (factors a motorist can utilize to accelerate if he does not win in the three-race playoff shots) while 2nd spot costs 10. Larson, with one of the most victories of any kind of driver this year, would possess won a tiebreaker.Reddick, that thinks he caught the insect coming from his child, mentioned it was actually the worst he ever before experienced in a nationality auto." It was dreadful on Saturday," Reddick pointed out." [I] got up Sunday with the very same hoping it would be gone again." I felt excellent virtually all the way up till the ethnicity. It merely has to possess been the rub out of [Switch] 2 or something. It only definitely, actually obtained negative due to the end of Phase 1. It only remained there the rest of the method." Larson virtually won the regular-season headline regardless of skipping the May ethnicity at Charlotte nc while he competed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It is actually not simply that a person," Larson pointed out. "I could possess ended up at Michigan or even completed at Iowa or completed at Chicago and certainly not even been actually near today. I do not examine Indy as being the reason. That's only part of my period. I would not give up managing the Indy five hundred for five perk aspects." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually invested decades dealing with motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Performance journal as well as The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Obtain more coming from NASCAR Cup Collection Follow your faves to acquire details about activities, updates and additional.