Race No. 6
Motorola 300
Gateway International Raceway — Madison, Illinois
May 22-24, 1997
Raceday Warmup Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 99 | Greg Moore | 24.921 | 183.460 | 295.187 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 24.949 | 183.254 | 294.855 | 100.11% |
| 3 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 25.024 | 182.705 | 293.972 | 100.41% |
| 4 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 25.039 | 182.595 | 293.796 | 100.47% |
| 5 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 25.048 | 182.530 | 293.690 | 100.51% |
| 6 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 25.137 | 181.883 | 292.650 | 100.87% |
| 7 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 25.161 | 181.710 | 292.371 | 100.96% |
| 8 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 25.183 | 181.551 | 292.116 | 101.05% |
| 9 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 25.283 | 180.833 | 290.960 | 101.45% |
| 10 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 25.349 | 180.362 | 290.203 | 101.72% |
| 11 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 25.401 | 179.993 | 289.609 | 101.93% |
| 12 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 25.403 | 179.979 | 289.586 | 101.93% |
| 13 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 25.520 | 179.154 | 288.258 | 102.40% |
| 14 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 25.591 | 178.657 | 287.458 | 102.69% |
| 15 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 25.737 | 177.643 | 285.828 | 103.27% |
| 16 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 25.758 | 177.498 | 285.595 | 103.36% |
| 17 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 25.781 | 177.340 | 285.340 | 103.45% |
| 18 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 25.820 | 177.072 | 284.909 | 103.61% |
| 19 | 25X | Max Papis | 25.838 | 176.949 | 284.710 | 103.68% |
| 20 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 25.841 | 176.928 | 284.677 | 103.69% |
| 21 | 32X | Adrian Fernandez | 25.875 | 176.696 | 284.303 | 103.83% |
| 22 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 25.988 | 175.927 | 283.067 | 104.28% |
| 23 | 98 | PJ Jones | 26.172 | 174.691 | 281.077 | 105.02% |
| 24 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 26.449 | 172.861 | 278.133 | 106.13% |
| 25 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 26.865 | 170.184 | 273.826 | 107.80% |
| 26 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 27.085 | 168.802 | 271.602 | 108.68% |
| 27 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 27.345 | 167.197 | 269.020 | 109.73% |
| 28 | 25 | Max Papis | 28.374 | 161.133 | 259.264 | 113.86% |