.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Chase Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off triumph Sunday that launched him into the NASCAR Mug Set playoffs while supplying a squashing draft to chauffeurs hoping to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season finale as he led the last 26 laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th driver to earn a playoff area with a succeed, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to create the 16-driver playoff area." I understood it was actually heading to be among those do-or-die instants," Briscoe mentioned. "We referred to it just before the ethnicity today, this is actually the final bullet in the chamber. ... If our experts implemented all evening long, I knew our company would certainly reside in the mix." Our experts executed. And we resided in the mix in the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the reduced through six factors while Bubba Wallace missed it through 27 points. For a lot of the nationality, Buescher as well as Wallace seemed to be in a tight battle for the final playoff spot while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, that additionally went winless this year, lost as he completed second in the final pair of regular-season races." Our best wasn't sufficient-- as easy as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also Gibbs in the playoffs are 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 also Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the second consecutive full week, a chauffeur needing to have a succeed to create the playoffs created it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered into the ethnicity 18th in the standings as well as 114 points responsible for the playoff cutoff, implying he possessed not one other road to the playoffs other than to win.But it was more truth that created this an exciting minute. He got an area in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is actually closing in the end of the time. Briscoe, that broke a 93-race winless touch, steers the crew's legendary No. 14 auto that was initial driven by Tony Stewart." It is actually significant," Briscoe pointed out. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That is actually the automobile I cheered for maturing. I've seen that automobile win opportunity as well as time and time again, succeed a championship."' I was bursting into tears'-- Pursuit Briscoe on winning Cook Out Southern 500 Busch, who was on slightly fresher tires at the end, merely could not get Briscoe and missed out on the playoffs for the first time since 2012." Our team really did not have a lot speed there by means of a large number of the race," Busch claimed. "Our experts were just stuck in traffic, as well as our experts weren't able to get out of bed via there. " Once our experts rose there certainly, I believed that those last three or four restarts, we were visiting take a crack at operating in the top-5. However at that point our team had a shot for the win as well as only could not make it up there." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for competing him well-maintained." Here he resides in 2nd. I'm like, 'You have actually got to be actually kidding me-- I've functioned 300 some laps to reach the lead, right now Kyle is going to steal it coming from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex and Gibbs got the two playoff locations for winless vehicle drivers and also they each had some instants to sweat as each were involved in wrecks.Truex found yourself making it through simply six aspects after getting into the race guaranteed a location if there was a regular victor. He trashed on the 2nd tour of the race as well as finished 36th, not understanding if he would certainly create the playoffs until the end of the 2nd stage." This is actually difficult," Truex pointed out before he knew whether he made the playoffs. "I only despise it for my crew. ... They should have much better. It is actually just a blunder." NASCAR Cup Collection: Southern 500 Features Gibbs was actually associated with a wreck with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry got loose while three-wide along with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs was able to proceed as well as made it by 12 factors. If he had actually been knocked senseless of the race, he likely still will have produced it, but it would certainly possess been just through a couple of positions." Our team just obtained ran definitely-- I will claim filthy right there certainly-- that was actually regrettable," Gibbs stated. "That was definitely closer than it should possess been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a tummy pest throughout the whole race, sensation as if he was heading to either vomit or possess a case of diarrhea throughout the entire ethnicity. He ended up 10th, as well as with Larson finishing fourth, exhausted Larson by one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline is worth 15 playoff points (points a vehicle driver can make use of to advance if he doesn't gain in the three-race playoff shots) while second place is worth 10. Larson, along with the absolute most success of any kind of motorist this year, would possess won a tiebreaker.Reddick, who believes he recorded the insect from his kid, claimed it was awful he ever experienced in a race car." It was dreadful on Sunday," Reddick pointed out." [I] got up Sunday along with the same wishing it would certainly be returned." I experienced great practically completely up until the ethnicity. It only needs to possess been actually the rub out of [Switch] 2 or even something. It merely definitely, really obtained poor due to the end of Phase 1. It merely kept there the rest of the means." Larson almost gained the regular-season label in spite of skipping the May race at Charlotte nc while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's certainly not only that people," Larson pointed out. "I could possess finished at Michigan or ended up at Iowa or ended up at Chicago and also certainly not also been shut today. I do not consider Indy as being the reason that. That is actually simply aspect of my period. I would not lose hope managing the Indy 500 for 5 benefit aspects." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has devoted many years covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with jobs at ESPN, Sporting Headlines, NASCAR Scene journal and also The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire more coming from NASCAR Mug Set Follow your favorites to get information about activities, news and more.