Race No. 8
ITT Grand Prix of Detroit
Detroit — Michigan
June 6 — June 8, 1997
Friday Individual Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 69.572 | 108.664 | 174.841 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 99 | Greg Moore | 69.875 | 108.193 | 174.083 | 100.44% |
| 3 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 70.328 | 107.496 | 172.962 | 101.09% |
| 4 | 6X | Michael Andretti | 70.407 | 107.376 | 172.767 | 101.20% |
| 5 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 70.542 | 107.170 | 172.437 | 101.39% |
| 6 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 70.596 | 107.088 | 172.305 | 101.47% |
| 7 | 4X | Alex Zanardi | 70.600 | 107.082 | 172.295 | 101.48% |
| 8 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 70.686 | 106.952 | 172.086 | 101.60% |
| 9 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 70.689 | 106.947 | 172.078 | 101.61% |
| 10 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 70.916 | 106.605 | 171.527 | 101.93% |
| 11 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 71.036 | 106.425 | 171.238 | 102.10% |
| 12 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 71.097 | 106.334 | 171.091 | 102.19% |
| 13 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 71.098 | 106.332 | 171.088 | 102.19% |
| 14 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 71.608 | 105.575 | 169.870 | 102.93% |
| 15 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 71.632 | 105.539 | 169.813 | 102.96% |
| 16 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 71.674 | 105.478 | 169.713 | 103.02% |
| 17 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 71.822 | 105.260 | 169.364 | 103.23% |
| 18 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 71.926 | 105.108 | 169.119 | 103.38% |
| 19 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 72.232 | 104.663 | 168.402 | 103.82% |
| 20 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 72.551 | 104.203 | 167.662 | 104.28% |
| 21 | 34 | Christian Danner | 72.600 | 104.132 | 167.549 | 104.35% |
| 22 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 72.757 | 103.908 | 167.187 | 104.58% |
| 23 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 72.995 | 103.569 | 166.642 | 104.92% |
| 24 | 98X | PJ Jones | 72.996 | 103.567 | 166.640 | 104.92% |
| 25 | 25 | Max Papis | 73.520 | 102.829 | 165.452 | 105.67% |
| 26 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 73.642 | 102.659 | 165.178 | 105.85% |
| 27 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 73.878 | 102.331 | 164.650 | 106.19% |
| 28 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 74.328 | 101.711 | 163.654 | 106.84% |
| 29 | 2X | Al Unser Jr. | 74.827 | 101.033 | 162.562 | 107.55% |
| 30 | 9X | Dario Franchitti | 74.832 | 101.026 | 162.551 | 107.56% |
| 31 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 75.580 | 100.026 | 160.943 | 108.64% |
| 32 | 98 | PJ Jones | 76.956 | 98.238 | 158.065 | 110.61% |
| 33 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 76.984 | 98.202 | 158.007 | 110.65% |
| 34 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | 101.429 | 74.535 | 119.927 | 145.79% |