Race No. 8
ITT Grand Prix of Detroit
Detroit — Michigan
June 6 — June 8, 1997
Saturday Individual Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 69.600 | 108.621 | 174.771 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 69.661 | 108.526 | 174.618 | 100.09% |
| 3 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 69.712 | 108.446 | 174.490 | 100.16% |
| 4 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 69.985 | 108.023 | 173.809 | 100.55% |
| 5 | 4X | Alex Zanardi | 70.002 | 107.997 | 173.767 | 100.58% |
| 6 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 70.040 | 107.938 | 173.673 | 100.63% |
| 7 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 70.121 | 107.814 | 173.472 | 100.75% |
| 8 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 70.289 | 107.556 | 173.058 | 100.99% |
| 9 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 70.444 | 107.319 | 172.677 | 101.21% |
| 10 | 6X | Michael Andretti | 70.476 | 107.271 | 172.598 | 101.26% |
| 11 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 70.677 | 106.965 | 172.107 | 101.55% |
| 12 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 71.206 | 106.171 | 170.829 | 102.31% |
| 13 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 71.487 | 105.753 | 170.157 | 102.71% |
| 14 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 71.518 | 105.708 | 170.084 | 102.76% |
| 15 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 71.522 | 105.702 | 170.074 | 102.76% |
| 16 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 71.716 | 105.416 | 169.614 | 103.04% |
| 17 | 99 | Greg Moore | 71.813 | 105.273 | 169.385 | 103.18% |
| 18 | 34 | Christian Danner | 71.817 | 105.268 | 169.375 | 103.19% |
| 19 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 71.818 | 105.266 | 169.373 | 103.19% |
| 20 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 71.822 | 105.260 | 169.364 | 103.19% |
| 21 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 72.028 | 104.959 | 168.879 | 103.49% |
| 22 | 1X | Jimmy Vasser | 72.077 | 104.888 | 168.765 | 103.56% |
| 23 | 98X | PJ Jones | 72.499 | 104.277 | 167.782 | 104.17% |
| 24 | 25 | Max Papis | 72.566 | 104.181 | 167.627 | 104.26% |
| 25 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 72.782 | 103.872 | 167.130 | 104.57% |
| 26 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 73.248 | 103.211 | 166.067 | 105.24% |
| 27 | 25X | Max Papis | 73.705 | 102.571 | 165.037 | 105.90% |
| 28 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 74.233 | 101.841 | 163.863 | 106.66% |
| 29 | 3X | Paul Tracy | 74.438 | 101.561 | 163.412 | 106.95% |
| 30 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 74.516 | 101.455 | 163.241 | 107.06% |
| 31 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 76.088 | 99.359 | 159.868 | 109.32% |