Race No. 6
Motorola 300
Gateway International Raceway — Madison, Illinois
May 22-24, 1997
Friday Practice Combined
| 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 | 99 | Greg Moore | 24.489 | 186.696 | 300.394 | 100.92% |
| 7 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 24.499 | 186.620 | 300.271 | 100.96% |
| 8 | 4X | Alex Zanardi | 24.502 | 186.597 | 300.235 | 100.98% |
| 9 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 24.550 | 186.232 | 299.648 | 101.17% |
| 10 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 24.570 | 186.081 | 299.404 | 101.26% |
| 11 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 24.657 | 185.424 | 298.347 | 101.62% |
| 12 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 24.702 | 185.086 | 297.804 | 101.80% |
| 13 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 24.720 | 184.951 | 297.587 | 101.88% |
| 14 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | 24.742 | 184.787 | 297.322 | 101.97% |
| 15 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 24.744 | 184.772 | 297.298 | 101.97% |
| 16 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 24.763 | 184.630 | 297.070 | 102.05% |
| 17 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 24.843 | 184.036 | 296.114 | 102.38% |
| 18 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 24.868 | 183.851 | 295.816 | 102.49% |
| 19 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 24.933 | 183.371 | 295.045 | 102.75% |
| 20 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 24.936 | 183.349 | 295.009 | 102.77% |
| 21 | 21X | Richie Hearn | 25.012 | 182.792 | 294.113 | 103.08% |
| 22 | 3X | Paul Tracy | 25.074 | 182.340 | 293.385 | 103.33% |
| 23 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 25.086 | 182.253 | 293.245 | 103.38% |
| 24 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 25.396 | 180.028 | 289.666 | 104.66% |
| 25 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 25.493 | 179.343 | 288.563 | 105.06% |
| 26 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 25.591 | 178.657 | 287.458 | 105.46% |
| 27 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 25.661 | 178.169 | 286.674 | 105.75% |
| 28 | 25 | Max Papis | 25.665 | 178.141 | 286.630 | 105.77% |
| 29 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 25.695 | 177.933 | 286.295 | 105.89% |
| 30 | 6X | Michael Andretti | 25.756 | 177.512 | 285.617 | 106.14% |
| 31 | 77X | Gualter Salles | 25.789 | 177.285 | 285.251 | 106.28% |
| 32 | 98 | PJ Jones | 25.822 | 177.058 | 284.887 | 106.42% |
| 33 | 25X | Max Papis | 26.184 | 174.610 | 280.948 | 107.91% |
| 34 | 27X | Parker Johnstone | 26.443 | 172.900 | 278.196 | 108.98% |
| 35 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 26.712 | 171.159 | 275.395 | 110.08% |
| 36 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 26.961 | 169.578 | 272.851 | 111.11% |
| 37 | 20X | Scott Pruett | 28.537 | 160.213 | 257.783 | 117.61% |
| 38 | 99X | Greg Moore | 28.766 | 158.938 | 255.731 | 118.55% |
| 39 | 2X | Al Unser Jr. | 29.910 | 152.859 | 245.949 | 123.26% |
| 40 | 17X | Mauricio Gugelmin | 31.511 | 145.092 | 233.453 | 129.86% |
| 41 | 40X | Raul Boesel | 34.844 | 131.213 | 211.122 | 143.60% |
| 42 | 18X | Mark Blundell | 41.605 | 109.891 | 176.814 | 171.46% |
| 43 | 32X | Adrian Fernandez | 42.062 | 108.697 | 174.893 | 173.34% |