.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off success Sunday that introduced him in to the NASCAR Mug Collection playoffs while supplying a squashing draft to vehicle drivers hoping to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe caught the regular-season ending as he led the final 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th driver to earn a playoff place along with a win, leaving Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to create the 16-driver playoff area." I recognized it was going to be one of those do-or-die seconds," Briscoe mentioned. "Our company spoke about it prior to the nationality today, this is actually the last bullet in the enclosure. ... If our team performed all evening long, I recognized we would be in the mix." Our company executed. And our team resided in the mix in the end." Chris Buescher overlooked the cut through six aspects while Bubba Wallace skipped it through 27 aspects. For much of the ethnicity, Buescher as well as Wallace appeared to become in a tight war for the final playoff location 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 final pair of regular-season nationalities." Our ideal had not been adequate-- as easy 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 as well as Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the second consecutive full week, a vehicle driver requiring a gain to bring in the playoffs created it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered the race 18th in the status and 114 factors responsible for the playoff deadline, suggesting he possessed nothing else pathway to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was actually more simple fact that created this an electrifying minute. He got a place in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is closing by the end of the season. Briscoe, that broke a 93-race winless streak, drives the team's legendary No. 14 cars and truck that was very first steered by Tony Stewart." It is actually large," Briscoe claimed. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas supporter. That's the vehicle I cheered for growing. I've found that vehicle succeed opportunity and time and time again, succeed a champion."' I was actually sobbing'-- Pursuit Briscoe on gaining Southern five hundred Busch, that was on slightly fresher tires by the end, just could not get Briscoe as well as missed the playoffs for the first time because 2012." Our experts really did not possess a lot rate there through a bulk of the race," Busch mentioned. "Our company were simply bogged down in website traffic, and also our experts weren't capable to get up via there. " But once our experts rose there certainly, I believed that those final three or 4 restarts, our company were going to take a crack at operating in the top-5. But then our team took a crack at for the succeed and also only couldn't create it apex." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for racing him tidy." Below he resides in second. I resemble, 'You have actually got to be kidding me-- I've operated 300 some tours to reach the top, today Kyle is mosting likely to steal it coming from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs got the two playoff spots for winless chauffeurs and also they each had some moments to sweat as both were associated with wrecks.Truex ended up creating it through simply six aspects after getting in the nationality ensured a spot if there was actually a repeat champion. He wrecked on the 2nd tour of the race as well as completed 36th, certainly not understanding if he will bring in the playoffs up until the end of the 2nd phase." This is actually difficult," Truex claimed just before he recognized whether he made the playoffs. "I only dislike it for my staff. ... They ought to have far better. It is actually only a mistake." NASCAR Cup Collection: Cook Out Southern 500 Features Gibbs was involved in a wreckage along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry obtained loose while three-wide with Gibbs and also Hamlin. Gibbs had the capacity to carry on and also made it by 12 aspects. If he had actually been actually knocked senseless of the competition, he likely still would certainly possess made it, however it will possess been just by a couple of positions." We just got ran really-- I would certainly claim grimy right there-- that was unfortunate," Gibbs claimed. "That was actually definitely closer than it ought to possess been actually." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick combated a stomach bug throughout the whole entire race, feeling as if he was actually heading to either vomit or even possess a situation of looseness of the bowels throughout the whole entire nationality. He ended up 10th, as well as with Larson completing fourth, exhausted Larson through one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season label costs 15 playoff factors (points a driver can easily make use of to progress if he does not win in the three-race playoff shots) while second place costs 10. Larson, with the best success of any type of driver this year, will have gained a tiebreaker.Reddick, that believes he caught the insect coming from his kid, claimed it was actually the worst he ever before experienced in an ethnicity car." It was horrible on Sunday," Reddick said." [I] woke up Sunday with the same hoping it would be gone again." I really felt excellent pretty much all the way up till the ethnicity. It just needs to have been actually the bump off of [Switch] 2 or even one thing. It simply truly, truly obtained negative due to the end of Stage 1. It just remained there the rest of the way." Larson nearly won the regular-season headline regardless of missing the May race at Charlotte while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It is actually certainly not just that one," Larson pointed out. "I could have ended up at Michigan or even ended up at Iowa or even finished at Chicago and not also been actually shut today. I don't examine Indy as being the reason that. That's only component of my time. I wouldn't give up operating the Indy five hundred for five perk aspects." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has actually spent decades covering motorsports, consisting of over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Performance magazine and The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire extra coming from NASCAR Cup Set Follow your faves to receive info regarding games, updates and additional.