Mark Martin won the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, jumping to the top spot with five cars left in Saturday's qualifying session.

As such, the 52-year-old Hendrick Motorsports driver will lead the starting lineup, ahead of teammate Jimmie Johnson and Richard Childress Racing's Clint Bowyer.

Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne and Martin's other teammates, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr., rounded out the top six, followed by Paul Menard, David Ragan, Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth.

The pole was the 51st of Martin's long career and his second of the season. The veteran also picked up a pole in the July Daytona race – another restrictor-plate event like Talladega.

Josh Wise, Scott Speed, Geoff Bodine and T.J. Bell failed to qualify.

Here's the starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR Talladega race:

1. Mark Martin
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Clint Bowyer
4. Trevor Bayne
5. Jeff Gordon
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
7. Paul Menard
8. David Ragan
9. Carl Edwards
10. Ryan Newman
11. Matt Kenseth
12. Tony Stewart
13. Kevin Harvick
14. Kurt Busch
15. Juan Pablo Montoya
16. Brad Keselowski
17. Travis Kvapil
18. Greg Biffle
19. Marcos Ambrose
20. Kevin Conway
21. Bobby Labonte 
22. Regan Smith
23. Michael Waltrip
24. AJ Allmendinger
25. Jeff Burton
26. Kasey Kahne
27. Joe Nemechek
28. JJ Yeley
29. Michael McDowell
30. Brian Vickers
31. Denny Hamlin
32. Terry Labonte
33. Andy Lally
34. Kyle Busch
35. Joey Logano
36. David Reutimann
37. Martin Truex Jr.
38. Landon Cassill
39. Robby Gordon
40. Jamie McMurray
41. David Gilliland
42. Dave Blaney
43. Casey Mears