Race No. 6
Motorola 300
Gateway International Raceway — Madison, Illinois
May 22-24, 1997
Friday Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 24.324 | 187.963 | 302.432 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 24.353 | 187.739 | 302.072 | 100.12% |
| 3 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 24.374 | 187.577 | 301.811 | 100.21% |
| 4 | 99 | Greg Moore | 24.496 | 186.643 | 300.308 | 100.71% |
| 5 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 24.546 | 186.263 | 299.696 | 100.91% |
| 6 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 24.576 | 186.035 | 299.331 | 101.04% |
| 7 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 24.614 | 185.748 | 298.868 | 101.19% |
| 8 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 24.695 | 185.139 | 297.888 | 101.53% |
| 9 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 24.702 | 185.086 | 297.804 | 101.55% |
| 10 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 24.726 | 184.907 | 297.515 | 101.65% |
| 11 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 24.727 | 184.899 | 297.503 | 101.66% |
| 12 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 24.744 | 184.772 | 297.298 | 101.73% |
| 13 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 24.756 | 184.683 | 297.154 | 101.78% |
| 14 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 24.905 | 183.578 | 295.376 | 102.39% |
| 15 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 24.925 | 183.430 | 295.139 | 102.47% |
| 16 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 24.981 | 183.019 | 294.478 | 102.70% |
| 17 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 24.991 | 182.946 | 294.360 | 102.74% |
| 18 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 25.071 | 182.362 | 293.421 | 103.07% |
| 19 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 25.114 | 182.050 | 292.918 | 103.25% |
| 20 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 25.241 | 181.134 | 291.444 | 103.77% |
| 21 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 25.371 | 180.206 | 289.951 | 104.30% |
| 22 | 25 | Max Papis | 25.568 | 178.817 | 287.717 | 105.11% |
| 23 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 25.596 | 178.622 | 287.402 | 105.23% |
| 24 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 25.604 | 178.566 | 287.312 | 105.26% |
| 25 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 25.674 | 178.079 | 286.529 | 105.55% |
| 26 | 98 | PJ Jones | 26.271 | 174.032 | 280.018 | 108.00% |
| 27 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 26.374 | 173.353 | 278.924 | 108.43% |