.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Chase Briscoe held off Kyle Busch for a walk-off victory Sunday that launched him right into the NASCAR Mug Series playoffs while supplying a crushing blow to drivers wanting to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe recorded the regular-season ending as he led the last 26 tours of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in becoming the 14th driver to gain a playoff place with a win, leaving Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to create the 16-driver playoff industry." I understood it was actually heading to be one of those do-or-die moments," Briscoe mentioned. "Our company discussed it before the race today, this is actually the last bullet in the enclosure. ... If our experts implemented all evening long, I understood our experts would certainly remain in the mix." Our experts carried out. And our team were in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher missed the cut through 6 points while Bubba Wallace missed it by 27 aspects. For much of the ethnicity, Buescher and also Wallace seemed to be in a limited fight for the ultimate playoff spot while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 tours. Busch, who likewise went winless this year, lost as he completed second in the final two regular-season races." Our finest wasn't satisfactory-- as straightforward as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and also Gibbs in the playoffs are Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champion), Kyle Larson, Christopher Alarm, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the second consecutive full week, a driver needing to have a gain to make the playoffs made it happen: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe went into the race 18th in the status and also 114 factors behind the playoff cutoff, indicating he had not one other course to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was moreover reality that made this an exhilarating instant. He made a spot in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is shutting at the end of the time. Briscoe, who popped a 93-race winless touch, steers the staff's legendary No. 14 vehicle that was actually 1st steered through Tony Stewart." It's significant," Briscoe pointed out. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas enthusiast. That's the car I cheered for growing up. I have actually seen that auto gain opportunity and also time and time again, gain a champion."' I was actually wailing'-- Pursuit Briscoe on winning Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, who was on slightly fresher tires by the end, merely could not find Briscoe and also missed the playoffs for the first time considering that 2012." Our experts didn't possess a lot velocity there via a bulk of the race," Busch stated. "Our team were actually just stuck in visitor traffic, and also we weren't able to rise by means of there. " But once our team rose certainly there, I seemed like those final three or even four restarts, our team were heading to take a crack at managing in the top-5. Yet at that point our company had a shot for the gain as well as merely couldn't create it apex." Briscoe thanked Busch for racing him tidy." Below he is in second. I'm like, 'You've come to be joking me-- I've operated 300 some tours to get to the top, right now Kyle is actually heading to take it coming from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex and Gibbs gained the 2 playoff locations for winless motorists and also they each possessed some moments to sweat as both were actually associated with wrecks.Truex found yourself creating it through just 6 aspects after entering the ethnicity ensured a place if there was actually a loyal victor. He ravaged on the second tour of the ethnicity and also finished 36th, certainly not understanding if he will make the playoffs up until the end of the second stage." This is difficult," Truex pointed out prior to he understood whether he brought in the playoffs. "I simply hate it for my staff. ... They should have much better. It is actually merely an error." NASCAR Cup Collection: Cook Out Southern five hundred Features Gibbs was actually associated with a wreck along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry received loosened while three-wide along with Gibbs and Hamlin. Gibbs managed to carry on and also made it by 12 points. If he had actually been actually knocked out of the race, he likely still will have created it, however it would certainly have been actually simply by a couple of postures." Our team simply acquired ran really-- I would certainly point out grimy right there certainly-- that was unfavorable," Gibbs pointed out. "That was actually definitely closer than it must possess been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a tummy insect throughout the whole entire nationality, emotion as if he was heading to either regurgitate or have an instance of diarrhea throughout the entire ethnicity. He ended up 10th, and along with Larson ending up fourth, exhausted Larson by one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season title is worth 15 playoff aspects (aspects a driver can use to accelerate if he doesn't win in the three-race playoff rounds) while 2nd place is worth 10. Larson, with the most success of any kind of vehicle driver this year, would certainly possess gained a tiebreaker.Reddick, that feels he caught the bug coming from his youngster, stated it was actually the worst he ever experienced in a race car." It was actually horrendous on Sunday," Reddick mentioned." [I] got up Sunday along with the same wishing it would be actually gone again." I experienced excellent more or less completely up till the ethnicity. It merely should possess been the bump off of [Switch] 2 or even one thing. It simply really, really obtained negative due to the end of Phase 1. It only remained there the rest of the technique." Larson virtually succeeded the regular-season title regardless of missing the May ethnicity at Charlotte while he completed in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It's certainly not merely that a person," Larson stated. "I might have finished at Michigan or completed at Iowa or ended up at Chicago and also certainly not also been near today. I do not look at Indy as being actually the reason why. That is actually merely component of my period. I definitely would not quit running the Indy 500 for five benefit factors." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sporting Activities. He has spent decades covering motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, with stints at ESPN, Sporting Information, NASCAR Scene journal and also The (Daytona Seashore) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive even more from NASCAR Cup Collection Observe your preferences to get information concerning games, updates and additional.