Heading into this weekend's race at Martinsville Speedway, it was no secret that Jimmie Johnson was the frontrunner. After all, he is a six-time winner at the track and averages a top-five finish. While his reputation already preceded him, Johnson left little doubt that he is going to be the man to beat Sunday when he went out and won the pole. Four of his six victories at the half-mile oval have come after he qualified in the top 10, and the last time Johnson won the fall race at the track, he started on the pole. All the numbers point to a big day for Johnson, and while the rest of the field has to be worried, fantasy owners shouldn't hesitate to add the five-time champ to their rosters.

Of course, fantasy owners have a few other strong options to choose from that are starting near the front of the field. Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart are all starting 11th or better, and all three have had their share of success at Martinsville, as well. In fact, Hamlin leads all drivers with four wins at the track since the start of the 2008 season, and he has finished sixth or better in 11 of his last 12 starts. Gordon is a seven-time Martinsville winner in his career, and in his last 15 starts at the track, he is 13 top-five finishes. Meanwhile, Stewart is the defending winner of this weekend's race and a three-time winner at the track overall.

While Johnson, Hamlin, Gordon and Stewart have been the masters of Martinsville recently, there are a couple intriguing sleeper options starting in the top 10, starting with Jeff Burton. While the veteran certainly hasn't done much in 2012, he has finished in the top 10 in the last two fall races at Martinsville. After qualifying fourth, Burton might be able to keep the streak alive. Aric Almirola is the other potential sleeper. He qualified 10th, and he finished eighth at Martinsville earlier this year. The fact that he has had two of his best cars of the season the past two races doesn't hurt his value either. Burton and Almirola are on the complete opposite end of the spectrum in terms of experience, but both could deliver surprise results this weekend.

One big name missing from the top of the leaderboard during qualifying was championship leader Brad Keselowski. He qualified a dismal 32nd, and while poor qualifying efforts are nothing new for the point leader, this was a bad performance even by his standards. Not to mention the fact that since the start of the 2003 season, there hasn't been a single race winner to start outside the top 20. Keselowski has never finished in the top five at Martinsville, and he could have a tough time changing that this weekend.

Rk	Driver	Car No.	Make	Sponsor	Team	Starting Pos
1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Lowe's Home Improvement	Hendrick Motorsports	1
2	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger	Hendrick Motorsports	11
3	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	FedEx	Joe Gibbs Racing	5
4	Clint Bowyer	15	Toyota	5 Hour Energy	Michael Waltrip Racing	8
5	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	M&M's	Joe Gibbs Racing	3
6	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	Best Buy	Roush Fenway Racing	6
7	Tony Stewart	14	Chevrolet	Office Depot	Stewart-Haas Racing	7
8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	88	Chevrolet	Mountain Dew AMP Energy	Hendrick Motorsports	20
9	Brad Keselowski	2	Dodge	Miller Lite	Penske Championship Racing	32
10	Brian Vickers	55	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	Michael Waltrip Racing	2
11	Martin Truex Jr.	56	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	Michael Waltrip Racing	12
12	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	Budweiser	Richard Childress Racing	13
13	Ryan Newman	39	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	Stewart-Haas Racing	18
14	Paul Menard	27	Chevrolet	Menard's	Richard Childress Racing	9
15	Kasey Kahne	5	Chevrolet	Farmers Insurance	Hendrick Motorsports	15
16	Joey Logano	20	Toyota	Home Depot	Joe Gibbs Racing	14
17	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	Subway	Roush Fenway Racing	23
18	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	3M	Roush Fenway Racing	30
19	Aric Almirola	43	Ford	Medallion Financial	Richard Petty Motorsports	10
20	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Chevrolet	Clorox	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	25
21	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	Richard Childress Racing	4
22	A.J. Allmendinger	51	Chevrolet	Tag Heuer	Phoenix Racing	26
23	Marcos Ambrose	9	Ford	Stanley Black & Decker	Richard Petty Motorsports	33
24	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	24
25	Sam Hornish Jr.	22	Dodge	Shell/Pennzoil	Penske Championship Racing	27
26	Kurt Busch	78	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Furniture Row Racing	19
27	Bobby Labonte	47	Toyota	Kingsford	JTG Daugherty Racing	17
28	David Ragan	34	Ford	8-Hour Alert	Front Row Motorsports	16
29	Travis Kvapil	93	Toyota	Burger King	BK Racing	41
30	Casey Mears	13	Ford	GEICO	Germain Racing	22
31	Landon Cassill	83	Toyota	Burger King	BK Racing	34
32	David Reutimann	10	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Tommy Baldwin Racing	29
33	David Gilliland	38	Ford	MHP	Front Row Motorsports	36
34	Dave Blaney	36	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Tommy Baldwin Racing	37
35	David Stremme	30	Toyota	Inception Motorsports	Inception Motorsports	40
36	Ken Schrader	32	Ford	C&J Energy	FAS Lane Racing	28
37	Scott Riggs	23	Chevrolet	North Texas Pipe	R3 Motorsports	35
38	Stephen Leicht	33	Chevrolet	LittleJoesAutos.com	Richard Childress Racing	42
39	Scott Speed	95	Chevrolet	TBD	Leavine Family Racing	43
40	Michael McDowell	98	Ford	Curb Records	Phil Parsons Racing	21
41	Reed Sorenson	91	Toyota	Aquaria USA	Humphrey Smith Racing	39
42	Josh Wise	26	Ford	MDS Transport	Front Row Motorsports	31
43	Joe Nemechek	87	Toyota	AM/FM Energy	NEMCO Motorsports	38