Race No. 13
Miller 200
Lexington — Ohio
August 8 — August 10, 1997
Friday Individual Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 66.277 | 122.649 | 197.342 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 66.303 | 122.601 | 197.265 | 100.04% |
| 3 | 99X | Greg Moore | 66.473 | 122.287 | 196.760 | 100.30% |
| 4 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 66.653 | 121.957 | 196.229 | 100.57% |
| 5 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 66.689 | 121.891 | 196.123 | 100.62% |
| 6 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 66.724 | 121.827 | 196.020 | 100.67% |
| 7 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 66.751 | 121.778 | 195.941 | 100.72% |
| 8 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 66.861 | 121.578 | 195.618 | 100.88% |
| 9 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 66.956 | 121.405 | 195.341 | 101.02% |
| 10 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 66.995 | 121.334 | 195.227 | 101.08% |
| 11 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 67.001 | 121.324 | 195.210 | 101.09% |
| 12 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 67.016 | 121.296 | 195.166 | 101.12% |
| 13 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 67.235 | 120.901 | 194.530 | 101.45% |
| 14 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 67.359 | 120.679 | 194.172 | 101.63% |
| 15 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 67.387 | 120.629 | 194.091 | 101.67% |
| 16 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 67.515 | 120.400 | 193.723 | 101.87% |
| 17 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 67.533 | 120.368 | 193.672 | 101.90% |
| 18 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 67.603 | 120.243 | 193.471 | 102.00% |
| 19 | 98X | PJ Jones | 68.061 | 119.434 | 192.169 | 102.69% |
| 20 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 68.084 | 119.394 | 192.104 | 102.73% |
| 21 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 68.085 | 119.392 | 192.102 | 102.73% |
| 22 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 68.095 | 119.374 | 192.073 | 102.74% |
| 23 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 68.220 | 119.156 | 191.721 | 102.93% |
| 24 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 68.629 | 118.446 | 190.579 | 103.55% |
| 25 | 25 | Max Papis | 69.167 | 117.524 | 189.097 | 104.36% |
| 26 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 70.578 | 115.175 | 185.316 | 106.49% |
| 27 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 70.890 | 114.668 | 184.500 | 106.96% |
| 28 | 34 | Charlie Nearburg | 71.152 | 114.246 | 183.821 | 107.36% |