Race No. 8
ITT Grand Prix of Detroit
Detroit — Michigan
June 6 — June 8, 1997
Saturday Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 69.052 | 109.483 | 176.158 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 69.082 | 109.435 | 176.081 | 100.04% |
| 3 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 69.104 | 109.400 | 176.025 | 100.08% |
| 4 | 4X | Alex Zanardi | 69.188 | 109.268 | 175.811 | 100.20% |
| 5 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 69.287 | 109.111 | 175.560 | 100.34% |
| 6 | 6X | Michael Andretti | 69.352 | 109.009 | 175.396 | 100.43% |
| 7 | 99 | Greg Moore | 69.553 | 108.694 | 174.889 | 100.73% |
| 8 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 69.652 | 108.540 | 174.640 | 100.87% |
| 9 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 69.766 | 108.362 | 174.355 | 101.03% |
| 10 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 69.791 | 108.323 | 174.292 | 101.07% |
| 11 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 69.876 | 108.192 | 174.080 | 101.19% |
| 12 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 70.084 | 107.871 | 173.564 | 101.49% |
| 13 | 1X | Jimmy Vasser | 70.351 | 107.461 | 172.905 | 101.88% |
| 14 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 70.569 | 107.129 | 172.371 | 102.20% |
| 15 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 70.643 | 107.017 | 172.190 | 102.30% |
| 16 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 70.748 | 106.858 | 171.935 | 102.46% |
| 17 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 70.749 | 106.857 | 171.932 | 102.46% |
| 18 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 71.066 | 106.380 | 171.165 | 102.92% |
| 19 | 25 | Max Papis | 71.072 | 106.371 | 171.151 | 102.93% |
| 20 | 34 | Christian Danner | 71.168 | 106.228 | 170.920 | 103.06% |
| 21 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 71.272 | 106.073 | 170.671 | 103.21% |
| 22 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 71.360 | 105.942 | 170.460 | 103.34% |
| 23 | 98X | PJ Jones | 71.728 | 105.398 | 169.586 | 103.88% |
| 24 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 72.219 | 104.682 | 168.433 | 104.59% |
| 25 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 72.788 | 103.863 | 167.116 | 105.41% |
| 26 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 73.314 | 103.118 | 165.917 | 106.17% |
| 27 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 74.187 | 101.905 | 163.965 | 107.44% |