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

.Bob Pockrass.FOX NASCAR Insider.DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Hunt Briscoe held back Kyle Busch for a walk-off success Sunday that released him in to the NASCAR Cup Collection playoffs while providing a pulverizing draft to vehicle drivers wanting to create the playoffs on points.Briscoe captured the regular-season ending as he led the last 26 tours of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in ending up being the 14th chauffeur to get a playoff spot with a win, leaving Martin Truex Jr. and Ty Gibbs as the only winless vehicle drivers to make the 16-driver playoff field." I knew it was actually mosting likely to be among those do-or-die minutes," Briscoe claimed. "Our experts discussed it prior to the ethnicity today, this is the last bullet in the chamber. ... If our company executed all evening long, I understood we would certainly be in the mix." Our company carried out. And our experts remained in the mix at the end." Chris Buescher missed the reduced by six factors while Bubba Wallace overlooked it through 27 aspects. For much of the nationality, Buescher and Wallace seemed to be to become in a limited war for the ultimate playoff location while Kyle Larson led 263 of the 367 laps. Busch, who additionally went winless this year, lost as he ended up second in the ultimate pair of regular-season ethnicities." Our greatest wasn't satisfactory-- as simple as that," Wallace said.Joining Briscoe, Truex and 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, Pursuit Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Brad Keselowski Alex Bowman and Harrison Burton. Takeaways after the regular-season finale, where for the 2nd successive week, a vehicle driver needing a succeed to make the playoffs created it occur: Briscoe Win-And-InBriscoe got in the race 18th in the status and 114 aspects responsible for the playoff deadline, meaning he had nothing else pathway to the playoffs apart from to win.But it was moreover truth that made this a thrilling second. He got an area in the playoffs for Stewart-Haas Competing, which is actually shutting at the end of the season. Briscoe, that broke a 93-race winless touch, steers the staff's renowned No. 14 automobile that was actually first steered by Tony Stewart." It is actually substantial," Briscoe pointed out. "I'm a diehard Stewart-Haas fan. That is actually the vehicle I cheered for growing up. I have actually viewed that automobile win time and time and time again, win a championship."' I was wailing'-- Hunt Briscoe on winning Southern five hundred Busch, who performed somewhat fresher tires at the end, simply could not catch Briscoe and also skipped the playoffs for the very first time due to the fact that 2012." We didn't have much velocity there through a majority of the race," Busch pointed out. "Our team were actually simply bogged down in web traffic, and our company weren't able to get up through there. " Once our company got up there, I seemed like those last three or even 4 restarts, we were mosting likely to take a crack at managing in the top-5. But at that point our experts had a shot for the gain and simply could not create it up there." Briscoe said thanks to Busch for racing him clean." Here he is in 2nd. I feel like, 'You have actually reached be joking me-- I have actually operated 300 some tours to come to the top, now Kyle is mosting likely to take it from our company,'" Briscoe said.Wreck And also AdvanceTruex and Gibbs got both playoff areas for winless drivers as well as they each possessed some instants to sweat as each were actually associated with wrecks.Truex ended up creating it by just 6 points after getting in the ethnicity ensured a spot if there was a loyal victor. He damaged on the 2nd tour of the nationality and ended up 36th, certainly not knowing if he would bring in the playoffs till completion of the second stage." This is unhappy," Truex said prior to he understood whether he brought in the playoffs. "I only despise it for my staff. ... They ought to have far better. It's just an error." NASCAR Mug Series: Southern 500 Emphasizes Gibbs was involved in an accident along with 23 tours to go when Josh Berry got loosened while three-wide along with Gibbs and also Hamlin. Gibbs had the capacity to proceed and also made the cut by 12 factors. If he had been actually knocked senseless of the race, he likely still would possess produced it, yet it will possess been actually merely through a couple of positions." Our experts just obtained managed actually-- I will state grimy right there-- that was unfavorable," Gibbs said. "That was actually certainly closer than it must possess been." Reddick Courage Out Regular-Season TitleTyler Reddick battled a belly bug throughout the whole entire nationality, emotion as if he was actually going to either vomit or possess a scenario of diarrhea throughout the whole entire race. He ended up 10th, and also with Larson finishing 4th, beat Larson through one factor for the regular-season title.The regular-season headline deserves 15 playoff points (points a driver can use to evolve if he doesn't succeed in the three-race playoff shots) while second spot costs 10. Larson, along with the best victories of any chauffeur this year, will possess succeeded a tiebreaker.Reddick, who thinks he recorded the pest coming from his kid, said it was the worst he ever really felt in a race vehicle." It was dreadful on Saturday," Reddick said." [I] awakened Sunday with the same wishing it would certainly be gone again." I felt great pretty much all the way up till the nationality. It merely should possess been the polish off of [Turn] 2 or something. It just truly, actually acquired bad by the end of Stage 1. It merely stayed there the rest of the technique." Larson virtually gained the regular-season headline regardless of missing the May ethnicity at Charlotte while he contended in the rain-delayed Indianapolis 500." It's certainly not only that," Larson claimed. "I might have ended up at Michigan or even ended up at Iowa or even finished at Chicago as well as certainly not even been shut today. I don't look at Indy as being the main reason why. That's only aspect of my time. I would not lose hope managing the Indy 500 for five reward points." Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR for FOX Sports. He has actually devoted decades dealing with motorsports, featuring over 30 Daytona 500s, along with stints at ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine and also The (Daytona Seaside) News-Journal. Observe him on Twitter @bobpockrass. Acquire even more coming from NASCAR Cup Collection Observe your preferences to receive relevant information concerning games, information and also more.