Indianapolis, IN (My Sportsbook) - IndyCar rookie Raphael Matos secured the 12th starting position for the Indianapolis 500 after he was fastest on the second day of qualifications Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Matos turned in a four-lap average speed of 223.429 m.p.h., as the 28-year-old Brazilian driver topped the second list of 11 drivers who qualified for the May 24 race. He will start on the outside of row four alongside Alex Lloyd, who was the 11th and final qualifier in Saturday's "Pole Day."

"I was a little bit surprised, but we did a qualifying simulation during the five minutes before qualifying started," Matos said. "We made a few adjustments in the car for the qualifying run and found almost half a mile an hour."

Paul Tracy qualified at 223.111 m.p.h. in his second attempt, which was good enough to put him in the 13th starting position.

Vitor Meira and Justin Wilson took 14th and 15th in qualifying to share row five with Tracy.

Hideki Mutoh, Ed Carpenter and Dan Wheldon qualified 16th through 18th, respectively, to place them on row six.

AJ Foyt IV (19th), Scott Sharp (20th) and Sarah Fisher (21st) claimed row seven.

Sharp, the 1996 IndyCar Series co-champion and 2001 Indy 500 pole sitter, made his third and final qualifying attempt seconds before the session-ending gun fired. He posted a lap average of 222.162 to bump EJ Viso out of the top-22.

"I'm sitting in the tech line thinking, 'I'm done. I'm coming back. I have to rent a plane from Utah on Friday night and come back here on Saturday (for qualifying)'," Sharp said. "I just prayed, and the car was the best it has been all day."

Sharp has a race commitment with his American Le Mans Series team next weekend in Utah.

Davey Hamilton was the final qualifier to claim a starting position in day-two qualifying. Hamilton posted a speed of 221.956 m.p.h. for 22nd on the starting grid (located on the inside of row eight).

Viso held the final qualifying spot at 221.745 m.p.h. until Sharp bumped him.

"There was a lot of drama going on, and things obviously didn't end up as we all wanted," Viso said. "We knew that being in the 22nd position is a very vulnerable position and anything could happen. And it happened just in the last minute, and that's a sad thing because we didn't have time to go back out and defend ourselves."

Second-day qualifying at Indianapolis featured a few incidents throughout the day.

John Andretti lost control of his car and backed into the wall in turn one while the track was in practice mode during the fifth hour of the six-hour qualifying session. Andretti was not injured. He sustained heavy damage to the right side of his car, which is fielded by Dreyer and Reinbold Racing and seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty.

"The car took a hard beating, and that's frustrating," Andretti said. "The team will work on it. They'll get it back together, and we'll be back on next week."

Graham Rahal spun while trying to avoid Andretti. Rahal, who was running behind Andretti at the time, did not make contact with anything.

Alex Tagliani and rookie Mike Conway also wrecked in separate incidents during morning practice.

Conway, also with Dreyer and Reinbold, spun and made heavy contact with the wall, damaging the right side and rear of the car. He was transported to a nearby hospital where he was treated for bruised lungs. Dr. Michael Olinger, medical director for the Indy Racing League, said Conway was awake and alert.

Shortly after, Tagliani also spun and hit the wall with damage to the left side and rear. He was checked and released from the track's infield medical center.

"We were just warming up the car," Tagliani said. "On the third lap, it was a pretty slow lap, 199 (m.p.h.). I got into turn one and all of the sudden I lost the rear."

The top-11 positions, including the pole winner, were determined Saturday. Penske Racing locked up the first two starting positions with Helio Castroneves capturing his third career Indy 500 pole and Ryan Briscoe taking the middle of row one.

Castroneves celebrated his 34th birthday Sunday.

The remaining 11 positions in the 33-car field for the Indy 500 will be determined next weekend, with third-day qualifying scheduled for Saturday and "Bump Day" slated for Sunday.