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NASCAR takeways: Hunt Briscoe outduels Kyle Busch for last Cup playoff stain

.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Pursuit Briscoe postponed Kyle Busch for a walk-off success Sunday that released him into the NASCAR Cup Collection playoffs while delivering a pulverizing blow to chauffeurs wishing to make the playoffs on points.Briscoe caught the regular-season ending as he led the final 26 tours of the Southern five hundred at Darlington Raceway in coming to be the 14th chauffeur to gain a playoff location along with a succeed, leaving behind Martin Truex Jr. and also Ty Gibbs as the only winless chauffeurs to create the 16-driver playoff area." I knew it was actually going to be among those do-or-die moments," Briscoe said. "Our team referred to it before the nationality today, this is the final bullet in the enclosure. ... If our company implemented all night long, I recognized our company would certainly be in the mix." Our company carried out. And also we resided in the mix by the end." Chris Buescher skipped the cut by 6 points while Bubba Wallace skipped it by 27 factors. For much of the race, Buescher and also Wallace appeared to become in a strict battle for the ultimate playoff area while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, who likewise went winless this year, lost as he ended up second in the last 2 regular-season ethnicities." Our greatest had not been sufficient-- as easy as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and Gibbs in the playoffs are actually Tyler Reddick (the regular-season champ), Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric, Hunt Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season ending, where for the second consecutive week, a chauffeur needing a win to make the playoffs made it take place: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe entered the nationality 18th in the standings and also 114 aspects responsible for the playoff cutoff, indicating he had nothing else road to the playoffs other than to win.But it was actually more truth that created this a thrilling second. He got an area in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Dashing, which is finalizing by the end of the time. Briscoe, who popped a 93-race winless touch, drives the team's famous No. 14 car that was first driven by Tony Stewart." It's big," Briscoe stated. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas follower. That is actually the auto I cheered for growing. I've viewed that automobile win opportunity as well as time and time again, win a championship."' I was actually wailing'-- Pursuit Briscoe on succeeding Cook Out Southern five hundred Busch, who performed a little fresher tires in the end, only could not see Briscoe and missed the playoffs for the first time considering that 2012." We failed to have much rate there via a majority of the competition," Busch said. "Our team were simply mired in website traffic, as well as we weren't capable to get up through there. " But once our team rose certainly there, I seemed like those final three or even 4 restarts, our company were actually heading to have a shot operating in the top-5. Yet at that point we had a shot for the gain and also only couldn't create it apex." Briscoe gave thanks to Busch for dashing him clean." Below he resides in 2nd. I'm like, 'You've reached be actually joking me-- I have actually worked 300 some laps to reach the lead, today Kyle is actually heading to take it from us,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And AdvanceTruex as well as Gibbs got both playoff areas for winless chauffeurs and also they both had some seconds to sweat as each were involved in wrecks.Truex wound up creating it through merely 6 factors after getting into the nationality guaranteed an area if there was actually a replay champion. He trashed on the second tour of the nationality and ended up 36th, not understanding if he would certainly make the playoffs until the end of the second stage." This is unpleasant," Truex stated before he recognized whether he created the playoffs. "I merely loathe it for my group. ... They ought to have far better. It's merely an error." NASCAR Mug Set: Southern five hundred Features Gibbs was involved in an accident with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry got loose while three-wide along with Gibbs as well as Hamlin. Gibbs managed to carry on and made it through 12 aspects. If he had been knocked out of the race, he likely still would certainly possess created it, however it would certainly have been actually simply through a number of positions." Our team just got ran actually-- I would certainly mention grimy right there-- that was actually unfortunate," Gibbs stated. "That was actually undoubtedly closer than it should have been actually." Reddick Guts Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick fought a belly bug throughout the entire ethnicity, emotion as if he was actually visiting either vomit or even have a scenario of diarrhea throughout the entire race. He wound up 10th, and also along with Larson ending up fourth, exhausted Larson by one point for the regular-season title.The regular-season title costs 15 playoff points (points a vehicle driver can easily utilize to advance if he does not succeed in the three-race playoff rounds) while second area deserves 10. Larson, with the most triumphes of any vehicle driver this year, will possess won a tiebreaker.Reddick, who believes he captured the bug from his youngster, stated it was awful he ever before felt in a race cars and truck." It was actually terrible on Sunday," Reddick mentioned." [I] awakened Sunday along with the same hoping it will be returned." I felt great virtually all the way up till the race. It only must have been actually the rub out of [Transform] 2 or one thing. It just actually, truly acquired negative by the end of Phase 1. It just remained there the rest of the means." Larson nearly won the regular-season label regardless of missing out on the May ethnicity at Charlotte nc while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis five hundred." It is actually certainly not only that people," Larson said. "I might possess ended up at Michigan or even completed at Iowa or even finished at Chicago and certainly not even been shut today. I don't examine Indy as being the reason that. That is actually simply component of my season. I would not lose hope managing the Indy 500 for 5 incentive factors." Bob Pockrass deals with NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually spent years covering motorsports, including over 30 Daytona 500s, along with stints at ESPN, Sporting Updates, NASCAR Performance journal and also The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Receive more from NASCAR Cup Series Observe your favorites to acquire details concerning games, headlines and even more.