.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Expert.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 delivering a crushing blow to drivers planning to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe caught the regular-season finale as he led the ultimate 26 laps of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th motorist to gain a playoff area along with a gain, leaving Martin Truex Jr. as well as Ty Gibbs as the only winless drivers to create the 16-driver playoff field." I recognized it was actually mosting likely to be just one of those do-or-die moments," Briscoe stated. "We discussed it prior to the ethnicity today, this is actually the final bullet in the enclosure. ... If we executed all evening long, I understood we will be in the mix." Our team performed. And our company were in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher missed out on the reduced by six factors while Bubba Wallace skipped it through 27 aspects. For much of the ethnicity, Buescher and Wallace seemed to be to become in a strict struggle for the ultimate playoff area while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, that likewise went winless this year, lost as he ended up second in the last 2 regular-season nationalities." Our best wasn't satisfactory-- as easy as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and 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, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman as well as Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the 2nd successive full week, a driver needing to have a succeed to bring in the playoffs made it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe went into the ethnicity 18th in the status and 114 points responsible for the playoff deadline, suggesting he had not one other path to the playoffs except to win.But it was moreover fact that made this a thrilling moment. He got a spot in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is closing in the end of the period. Briscoe, that snapped a 93-race winless touch, drives the group's famous No. 14 auto that was actually first driven by Tony Stewart." It's significant," Briscoe pointed out. "I am actually a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That's the automobile I cheered for growing up. I've observed that vehicle win time and also time and time again, win a champion."' I was crying'-- Pursuit Briscoe on succeeding Southern 500 Busch, who was on somewhat fresher tires by the end, only could not find Briscoe and overlooked the playoffs for the very first time considering that 2012." Our company failed to possess a lot velocity there through a bulk of the competition," Busch claimed. "Our company were merely bogged down in traffic, and also we weren't able to stand up by means of there. " But once we stood up there certainly, I seemed like those last three or even four restarts, our company were heading to have a shot managing in the top-5. Yet after that our company had a shot for the succeed and also merely could not make it apex." Briscoe thanked Busch for dashing him clean." Here he resides in 2nd. I feel like, 'You have actually reached be actually kidding me-- I have actually worked 300 some tours to get to the top, right now Kyle is heading to take it from our team,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs made the two playoff places for winless motorists and they both possessed some moments to sweat as each were involved in wrecks.Truex ended up creating it through simply six aspects after going into the race promised a spot if there was a repeat winner. He damaged on the 2nd tour of the race and also finished 36th, not understanding if he will create the playoffs up until the end of the 2nd phase." This is miserable," Truex claimed before he recognized whether he brought in the playoffs. "I only detest it for my crew. ... They should have much better. It's simply a blunder." NASCAR Cup Set: Cook Out Southern five hundred Features Gibbs was involved in a wreck with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry received loose while three-wide along with Gibbs and also Hamlin. Gibbs was able to continue and made it through 12 aspects. If he had actually been actually knocked out of the competition, he likely still would have made it, however it would certainly have been just by a number of positions." Our company just obtained ran really-- I would certainly point out unclean right certainly there-- that was actually unfortunate," Gibbs pointed out. "That was actually certainly closer than it must have been." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a tummy bug throughout the whole nationality, feeling as if he was actually heading to either vomit or possess a situation of diarrhea throughout the whole entire nationality. He wound up 10th, and along with Larson finishing 4th, beat Larson by one factor for the regular-season title.The regular-season label is worth 15 playoff factors (aspects a vehicle driver may make use of to accelerate if he does not gain in the three-race playoff rounds) while second spot costs 10. Larson, with the best wins of any type of vehicle driver this year, will have succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, that thinks he caught the pest from his little one, mentioned it was actually awful he ever before really felt in an ethnicity auto." It was actually terrible on Sunday," Reddick stated." [I] got out of bed Sunday with the exact same wishing it will be actually gone again." I really felt great virtually all the way up till the nationality. It simply should have been actually the polish off of [Switch] 2 or one thing. It simply actually, actually acquired poor by the end of Stage 1. It only remained there the rest of the means." Larson virtually succeeded the regular-season headline despite missing out on the May nationality at Charlotte nc while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's certainly not just that one," Larson claimed. "I might have ended up at Michigan or ended up at Iowa or even finished at Chicago and not even been shut today. I do not look at Indy as being the main reason why. That's simply part of my period. I definitely would not lose hope operating the Indy five hundred for five bonus offer aspects." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has invested decades covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, along with assignments at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Performance publication and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Follow him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Get more coming from NASCAR Mug Collection Observe your preferences to obtain info concerning video games, information as well as more.