Race No. 6
Motorola 300
Gateway International Raceway — Madison, Illinois
May 22-24, 1997
Individual Friday Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 24.265 | 188.420 | 303.167 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 24.367 | 187.631 | 301.898 | 100.42% |
| 3 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 24.414 | 187.270 | 301.317 | 100.61% |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 24.467 | 186.864 | 300.664 | 100.83% |
| 5 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 24.484 | 186.734 | 300.455 | 100.90% |
| 6 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 24.543 | 186.285 | 299.733 | 101.15% |
| 7 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 24.570 | 186.081 | 299.404 | 101.26% |
| 8 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 24.657 | 185.424 | 298.347 | 101.62% |
| 9 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 24.668 | 185.341 | 298.214 | 101.66% |
| 10 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 24.720 | 184.951 | 297.587 | 101.88% |
| 11 | 99 | Greg Moore | 24.737 | 184.824 | 297.382 | 101.95% |
| 12 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 24.763 | 184.630 | 297.070 | 102.05% |
| 13 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 24.799 | 184.362 | 296.639 | 102.20% |
| 14 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 24.853 | 183.962 | 295.994 | 102.42% |
| 15 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 24.936 | 183.349 | 295.009 | 102.77% |
| 16 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 25.012 | 182.792 | 294.113 | 103.08% |
| 17 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 25.075 | 182.333 | 293.374 | 103.34% |
| 18 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 25.114 | 182.050 | 292.918 | 103.50% |
| 19 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 25.248 | 181.084 | 291.364 | 104.05% |
| 20 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 25.430 | 179.788 | 289.278 | 104.80% |
| 21 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 25.493 | 179.343 | 288.563 | 105.06% |
| 22 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 25.661 | 178.169 | 286.674 | 105.75% |
| 23 | 25 | Max Papis | 25.665 | 178.141 | 286.630 | 105.77% |
| 24 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 25.695 | 177.933 | 286.295 | 105.89% |
| 25 | 98 | PJ Jones | 25.822 | 177.058 | 284.887 | 106.42% |
| 26 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 25.937 | 176.273 | 283.624 | 106.89% |
| 27 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 26.712 | 171.159 | 275.395 | 110.08% |
| 28 | 25X | Max Papis | 26.759 | 170.858 | 274.911 | 110.28% |
| 29 | 3X | Paul Tracy | 26.971 | 169.515 | 272.750 | 111.15% |