Race No. 8
ITT Grand Prix of Detroit
Detroit — Michigan
June 6 — June 8, 1997
Individual Friday Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 71.012 | 106.461 | 171.296 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 71.806 | 105.284 | 169.401 | 101.12% |
| 3 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 71.854 | 105.213 | 169.288 | 101.19% |
| 4 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 71.968 | 105.047 | 169.020 | 101.35% |
| 5 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 72.020 | 104.971 | 168.898 | 101.42% |
| 6 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 72.096 | 104.860 | 168.720 | 101.53% |
| 7 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 72.188 | 104.727 | 168.505 | 101.66% |
| 8 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 72.232 | 104.663 | 168.402 | 101.72% |
| 9 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 72.332 | 104.518 | 168.170 | 101.86% |
| 10 | 99 | Greg Moore | 72.714 | 103.969 | 167.286 | 102.40% |
| 11 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 72.948 | 103.635 | 166.749 | 102.73% |
| 12 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 73.017 | 103.538 | 166.592 | 102.82% |
| 13 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 73.215 | 103.258 | 166.141 | 103.10% |
| 14 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 73.591 | 102.730 | 165.292 | 103.63% |
| 15 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 73.676 | 102.611 | 165.102 | 103.75% |
| 16 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 73.869 | 102.343 | 164.670 | 104.02% |
| 17 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 73.916 | 102.278 | 164.566 | 104.09% |
| 18 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 74.048 | 102.096 | 164.272 | 104.28% |
| 19 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 74.576 | 101.373 | 163.109 | 105.02% |
| 20 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 74.633 | 101.296 | 162.985 | 105.10% |
| 21 | 2X | Al Unser Jr. | 74.827 | 101.033 | 162.562 | 105.37% |
| 22 | 9X | Dario Franchitti | 74.832 | 101.026 | 162.551 | 105.38% |
| 23 | 34 | Christian Danner | 74.895 | 100.941 | 162.415 | 105.47% |
| 24 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 75.392 | 100.276 | 161.344 | 106.17% |
| 25 | 98X | PJ Jones | 75.590 | 100.013 | 160.921 | 106.45% |
| 26 | 25 | Max Papis | 75.917 | 99.582 | 160.228 | 106.91% |
| 27 | 4X | Alex Zanardi | 76.549 | 98.760 | 158.905 | 107.80% |
| 28 | 98 | PJ Jones | 76.956 | 98.238 | 158.065 | 108.37% |
| 29 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 77.473 | 97.582 | 157.010 | 109.10% |
| 30 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 78.715 | 96.043 | 154.533 | 110.85% |
| 31 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 79.400 | 95.214 | 153.199 | 111.81% |
| 32 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 80.074 | 94.413 | 151.910 | 112.76% |
| 33 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | 101.429 | 74.535 | 119.927 | 142.83% |