Fantasy Update: Last-minute Charlotte lineup advice

Kyle Busch won the Busch Pole Qualifying Award and will start in the top position in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 (6 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Charlotte Motor Speedway. After two practice sessions (one was rained out) and qualifying, we've dissected the numbers and 10-lap averages to offer a suggested lineup worthy of your Fantasy Live consideration as you go to make roster decisions for the 13th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race of 2018. Rules review: Remember that the garage locks at the END of Stage 3 for this race. Fantasy Live players WILL ONLY receive stage points for the Stage 1 AND 2 results. There will be no stage points awarded in the game for Stage 3 nor will there be a bonus pick for the Stage 3 winner. RJ Kraft's revised Fantasy Live lineup following practices and the lineup being set: 1: Joey Logano 2: Denny Hamlin 3: Erik Jones 4: Kyle Larson 5: Ryan Blaney Garage: Martin Truex Jr. PLAY NOW: Set your Fantasy Live lineup | How the new Fantasy Live works MORE: Fantasy analysis for Charlotte | Driver stats | Full lineup | 10-lap averages Analysis: The big move for me is sitting Kevin Harvick. Yes, he has won three of the four intermediate races this year and is strong at Charlotte with three career wins. However, he is starting 39th after not making it through qualifying inspection and a recent rule change for teams to not have to start on qualifying tires makes coming from the back less of an advantage than in the past (what we saw in Kyle Larson's drive up through the field at Kansas two weeks ago is going to be a bit more difficult). Plus, I am down to five uses with him, so conserving a use with "Happy" is not a bad idea for me either and this is all about maximizing your uses. I am already down to five uses on Kyle Busch, so I am electing to save him as well. He has been solid this weekend, but I am eying him for some races over the summer (Kentucky, Bristol, Darlington, Indianapolis to name some options). Also, he is 0-for-28 in points-paying Charlotte races -- the lone track he has yet to win at on the circuit -- and Joe Gibbs Racing has just one Charlotte win since 2004. Logano, Hamlin, Larson and Truex were all part of my original lineup and had strong showings on the 10-lap board. MTJ also placed third on the 15-lap board (h/t @MikeJoy500) and he has been a monster in this race the past three years (one win, 3.0 average finish and led 756 of 1,200 laps -- 63 percent -- in that stretch). Jones topped the leaderboard in final practice and paced the 10-and 15-lap boards. Given his strong intermediate races this season with four top-11 finishes, I like flipping him into the lineup. My last roster move was a bit of a toss up between Ryan Blaney and Kurt Busch. Blaney has not fared too well at Charlotte but I like his solid intermediate results on the season so far. Busch has six top 11s in his last seven Charlotte starts, but Blaney was a bit better on the 10-lap board in final practice and they were pretty close on the 15-and 20-lap boards as well. YRB also has the better starting spot on Sunday so I'm placing my trust in the young Penske star for this one.