Fantasy Update: Last-minute Pocono lineup advice

LONG POND, Pa. -- Ryan Blaney won the Busch Pole Qualifying Award and will start in the top position in Sunday's Pocono 400 (2 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Pocono Raceway. After two practice sessions 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 14th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race of 2018. Remember that the garage locks at the end of Stage 2. RJ Kraft's revised Fantasy Live lineup following practices and the lineup being set: 1: Ryan Blaney 2: Clint Bowyer 3: Kyle Larson 4: Chase Elliott 5: Alex Bowman Garage: Brad Keselowski PLAY NOW: Set your Fantasy Live lineup | How the new Fantasy Live works MORE: Fantasy analysis for Pocono | Driver stats | Full lineup | 10-lap averages Analysis: As much as I'd love to have Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. in my lineup, I am electing to save the uses for a little later. I think given the projected fuel window of around 33 laps and stage lengths of 50, 50 and 60, there is a strong likelihood we will see varying strategies on pit road, making stage points a little tricky to forecast. I am down to five uses for each of that threesome and I simply like how some other tracks set up a little better for them. It could elicit some short term pain for a long term gain with this plan, I am at peace with that. Planning to stack my bonus picks with Harvick since he looks to be the strongest of the three this weekend. By and large, I'm sticking with my original lineup except for one change. Blaney scored the Busch Pole for Sunday's race. Bowyer posted the third-best 10-lap average in final practice and second-best 15-lap time (h/t @mikejoy500 for sharing on Twitter). Larson was second on the 10-lap board in final practice and best 15-lap average. Elliott has a solid history at Pocono with three top 10s, has been solid this weekend and I have plenty of uses with him. He's also Steve Letarte's pick for the weekend, so he has that going for him as well. Keselowski has been further down on the speed chart than I expected, but I like him as a garage pick for two reasons. One is his strong Pocono history (eight top fives with five in a row at the 2.5-mile track) and the second is this track often turns into one that pays big dividends for strategy. There is no better duo on the box at race strategy than Keselowski and crew chief Paul Wolfe. My last active starting spot came down to a decision between Kurt Busch and Alex Bowman. The young Hendrick driver has been fast in practice and this seems to be a good spot to plug him. While Busch has been solid here of late as well, he was 17th on the 10-lap board and the No. 88 was 10th, while also being a full 1.4 mph faster in the 10-lap averages. I like being able to save the 2004 champion for another race.