With his win from the pole at Pocono in June, Joey Logano became the 14th consecutive driver to win after starting inside the top 20. In fact, only four drivers have managed to find Victory Lane after failing to start in the top 20 since the Cup Series began visiting the track in 1975. Track position will be a talking point throughout Sunday's race, and crew chiefs will employ a variety of strategies to help their driver get near the front. Of course, the easiest way to do that is to put down a fast lap in qualifying.

Granted, a strong qualifying effort isn't a requirement to finish near the front at Pocono, but it's tough to deny the correlation between the two. In the June event, five of the drivers that started in the top 10 finished there, and eight of the top-10 qualifiers finished 16th or better. Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne were to two exceptions, and Busch lost an engine early in the event while Kahne cut a tire and hit the wall after spending most of the race in the top five.

Looking at the top 10 qualifiers for Sunday's race, fantasy owners will find a nice mix of big names and potential sleepers. Four-time Pocono winner Denny Hamlin qualified on the outside of the front row, and he has to be considered one of the favorites. Last week's winner Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top 10, and after three straight fourth-place finishes at Pocono, he also looks like a strong option. Point leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start eighth, and he can be thrown on the short list of favorites, as well. He has three straight top-10s at the track, and he led the second-most laps of any driver in the June event.

Juan Pablo Montoya headlines the list of sleeper candidates after he grabbed the pole for Sunday's Pennsylvania 400. Although he has had a few strong runs at Pocono in his career, his pole-winning run was a bit of a surprise given his struggles in 2012. Unless you are desperate to try to make up some ground in your fantasy league, Montoya's risk probably outweighs the potential reward.

A safer option is Paul Menard. After wrecking his primary car in practice Friday, he struggled to get the backup dialed in. However, the No. 27 bunch appears to have things straightened out, and Menard qualified third. He started third in the June race at Pocono, as well, and parlayed it into a career-best ninth-place finish at the track. Menard has actually finished in the top 15 in four straight starts at Pocono and had back-to-back top-10s. Another solid run should be on tap.

One big name to avoid might be Tony Stewart. Even though he has been one of the most-consistent options at the track over his career, "Smoke" was average in practice and qualified a dismal 28th. A bad qualifying effort wouldn't be as concerning if not for his recent struggles at flat tracks. Stewart had to salvage decent finishes at both New Hampshire and Indianapolis, which are both tracks where he is generally a contender for the win. It looks like the defending series champ might be playing damage control again this weekend.

Rk	Driver	Car No.	Make	Sponsor	Team	Starting Pos
1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Lowe's Home Improvement	Hendrick Motorsports	10
2	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	FedEx	Joe Gibbs Racing	2
3	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	88	Chevrolet	Mountain Dew AMP Energy	Hendrick Motorsports	8
4	Kasey Kahne	5	Chevrolet	Farmers Insurance	Hendrick Motorsports	4
5	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	Best Buy	Roush Fenway Racing	7
6	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	M&M's	Joe Gibbs Racing	20
7	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	3M	Roush Fenway Racing	12
8	Mark Martin	55	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	Michael Waltrip Racing	18
9	Tony Stewart	14	Chevrolet	Office Depot	Stewart-Haas Racing	28
10	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger	Hendrick Motorsports	27
11	Joey Logano	20	Toyota	Home Depot	Joe Gibbs Racing	14
12	Brad Keselowski	2	Dodge	Miller Lite	Penske Championship Racing	31
13	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	Subway	Roush Fenway Racing	17
14	Paul Menard	27	Chevrolet	Menard's	Richard Childress Racing	3
15	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	Budweiser	Richard Childress Racing	21
16	Ryan Newman	39	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	Stewart-Haas Racing	9
17	Clint Bowyer	15	Toyota	5 Hour Energy	Michael Waltrip Racing	19
18	Martin Truex Jr.	56	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	Michael Waltrip Racing	15
19	Regan Smith	78	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Furniture Row Racing	11
20	Kurt Busch	51	Chevrolet	Tag Heuer	Phoenix Racing	6
21	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Chevrolet	Clorox	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	1
22	Sam Hornish Jr.	22	Dodge	Shell/Pennzoil	Penske Championship Racing	25
23	Marcos Ambrose	9	Ford	Stanley Black & Decker	Richard Petty Motorsports	5
24	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	Richard Childress Racing	23
24	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	16
26	Aric Almirola	43	Ford	Medallion Financial	Richard Petty Motorsports	13
27	David Gilliland	38	Ford	MHP	Front Row Motorsports	26
28	Bobby Labonte	47	Toyota	Kingsford	JTG Daugherty Racing	39
29	David Ragan	34	Ford	8-Hour Alert	Front Row Motorsports	32
30	Landon Cassill	83	Toyota	Burger King	BK Racing	22
31	David Reutimann	10	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Tommy Baldwin Racing	24
32	Casey Mears	13	Ford	GEICO	Germain Racing	29
33	David Stremme	30	Toyota	Inception Motorsports	Inception Motorsports	36
34	Travis Kvapil	93	Toyota	Burger King	BK Racing	37
35	Josh Wise	26	Ford	MDS Transport	Front Row Motorsports	34
36	Tony Raines	36	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Tommy Baldwin Racing	42
37	J.J. Yeley	37	Chevrolet	Max Q Motorsports	Tommy Baldwin Racing	35
38	Scott Riggs	23	Chevrolet	North Texas Pipe	R3 Motorsports	33
39	Reed Sorenson	91	Ford	Plinker Tactical	Humphrey Smith Racing	40
40	Jason White	32	Ford	C&J Energy	FAS Lane Racing	41
41	Mike Skinner	98	Ford	TRAQM.com	Phil Parsons Racing	43
42	Mike Bliss	19	Toyota	Humphrey Smith Racing	Humphrey Smith Racing	30
43	Joe Nemechek	87	Toyota	AM FM Energy	NEMCO Motorsports	38