Knowing the numbers: New Hampshire 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
Chase Elliott	9.946
Denny Hamlin	10.794
Brad Keselowski	11.064
Jimmie Johnson	11.091
Kevin Harvick	11.322

Top five in stage points earned at New Hampshire in 2017:

Driver	Stage points	Stage wins
Kyle Busch	34	2
Martin Truex Jr.	30	2
Matt Kenseth	27	0
Kyle Larson	25	0
Denny Hamlin	15	0

Top five in points earned in last two races at New Hampshire:

Driver	Race points	Race wins
Kyle Busch	99	1
Martin Truex Jr.	96	0
Kyle Larson	95	0
Matt Kenseth	94	0
Denny Hamlin	81	1

Most laps led in last two races at New Hampshire:

Driver	Laps led
Kyle Busch	282
Martin Truex Jr.	249
Denny Hamlin	54

Average starting position for last 10 winners: 9.9; three of the last five winners have started outside the top 12 Active drivers to win pole: Ryan Newman (7), Brad Keselowski (3), Kyle Busch (3), Clint Bowyer (1), Kevin Harvick (1), Martin Truex Jr. (1) and Jimmie Johnson (1) Active drivers to win at New Hampshire: Ryan Newman (3), Kyle Busch (3), Kurt Busch (3), Jimmie Johnson (3), Denny Hamlin (3), Matt Kenseth (3), Kevin Harvick (2), Joey Logano (2), Clint Bowyer (2), Kasey Kahne (1) and Brad Keselowski (1) Most recent pole winner: Kyle Busch, September of 2017 Last time pole-sitter won here: Kyle Busch, September of 2017 Where stage winners started from: First (twice), fifth, seventh Winning manufacturers of last 10 races: Toyota-7, Ford-2, Chevrolet-1