Knowing the numbers: Pocono fantasy stats to consider
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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.
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RELATED: Set your Fantasy Live roster now | How the new Fantasy Live works | Driver statsTop five average running position (per loop data from 2005 to the present):
Driver
Average Running Position
Chase Elliott
9.724
Denny Hamlin
10.789
Erik Jones
10.848
Kurt Busch
11.110
Jimmie Johnson
11.911
Top five in stage points earned at Pocono in 2017-18:
Driver
Stage points
Stage wins
Kyle Busch
46
2
Kevin Harvick
43
1
Martin Truex Jr.
34
1
Brad Keselowski
33
0
Clint Bowyer
28
1
Top five in points earned in last three races at Pocono:
Driver
Race points
Race wins
Kyle Busch
148
1
Kevin Harvick
146
0
Martin Truex Jr.
139
1
Brad Keselowski
129
0
Chase Elliott
106
0
Most laps led in last three races at Pocono:
Driver
Laps led
Kyle Busch
187
Kevin Harvick
89
Martin Truex Jr.
67
Average starting position for last 10 winners: 8.5; only one driver has started outside the top 20 (Chris Buescher, 2016)
Active drivers to win pole: Kyle Busch (4), Jimmie Johnson (3), Denny Hamlin (3), Ryan Newman (2), Joey Logano (2), Kasey Kahne (2), Kurt Busch (2), Brad Keselowski (1), Ryan Blaney (1), Kyle Larson (1), Jamie McMurray (1), Martin Truex Jr. (1)
Active drivers to win at Pocono: Denny Hamlin (4), Kurt Busch (3), Jimmie Johnson (3), Kasey Kahne (2), Martin Truex Jr. (2), Ryan Blaney (1), Kyle Busch (1), Chris Buescher (1), Brad Keselowski, (1), Matt Kenseth (1), Joey Logano (1), Ryan Newman (1)
Most recent pole winner: Ryan Blaney, June of 2018
Last time pole-sitter won here: Kyle Busch, July of 2017
Where stage winners started from: First (twice), second, fourth, seventh (twice)
Winning manufacturers of last 10 races: Chevrolet-5, Toyota-3, Ford-2