Knowing the numbers: Kentucky fantasy stats to consider

Numbers mean plenty when it comes to building out your Fantasy Live teams each week. NASCAR.com will examine the stats outlook for each track to help give you an edge as you go to set your lineups and bonus picks ahead of the race weekend. Don’t forget to check back on NASCAR.com for additional insight from fantasy expert RJ Kraft as well as to watch Fantasy Fastlane with Jessica Ruffin and NBC Sports’ Steve Letarte. RELATED: Set your Fantasy Live roster now | How the new Fantasy Live works | Driver stats Top five average running position (per loop data from 2005 to the present):

Driver	Average running position
Kyle Busch	4.607
Matt Kenseth	8.044
Erik Jones	8.099
Kevin Harvick	8.161
Martin Truex Jr.	10.711

Top five in stage points earned at Kentucky in 2017:

Driver	Stage points	Stage wins
Martin Truex Jr.	20	2
Kyle Busch	18	0
Kevin Harvick	14	0
Matt Kenseth	13	0
Jamie McMurray	11	0

Top five in points earned in last two races at Kentucky:

Driver	Race points	Race wins
Martin Truex Jr.	92	1
Kyle Busch	79	0
Kevin Harvick	76	0
Jamie McMurray	75	0
Matt Kenseth	67	0

Most laps led in last two races at Kentucky:

Driver	Laps led
Martin Truex Jr.	198
Kevin Harvick	128
Kyle Busch	112
Brad Keselowski	75
Kurt Busch	10

Average starting position for last 7 winners*: 5.6, four of seven winners have started on the front row. *Kentucky has only run seven Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races. Active drivers to win pole: Kyle Busch (2), Kevin Harvick (1), Jimmie Johnson (1), Brad Keselowski (1) and Kyle Larson (1) Active drivers to win at Kentucky: Brad Keselowski (3), Kyle Busch (2), Matt Kenseth (1) and Martin Truex Jr. (1) Most recent pole winner: Kyle Busch, 2017 Last time pole-sitter won here: Brad Keselowski, 2014 Where stage winners started from: Second (2) Winning manufacturers of last 7 races: Toyota-4, Ford-2, Dodge-1