Race No. 6
Motorola 300
Gateway International Raceway — Madison, Illinois
May 22-24, 1997
Individual Thursday Practice Report Morning Session
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 99 | Greg Moore | 24.489 | 186.696 | 300.394 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 24.550 | 186.232 | 299.648 | 100.25% |
| 3 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 24.563 | 186.134 | 299.489 | 100.30% |
| 4 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 24.722 | 184.936 | 297.563 | 100.95% |
| 5 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 24.764 | 184.623 | 297.058 | 101.12% |
| 6 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 24.766 | 184.608 | 297.034 | 101.13% |
| 7 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 24.804 | 184.325 | 296.579 | 101.29% |
| 8 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 24.848 | 183.999 | 296.054 | 101.47% |
| 9 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 24.859 | 183.917 | 295.923 | 101.51% |
| 10 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 24.867 | 183.858 | 295.828 | 101.54% |
| 11 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 24.901 | 183.607 | 295.424 | 101.68% |
| 12 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 24.933 | 183.371 | 295.045 | 101.81% |
| 13 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 24.954 | 183.217 | 294.796 | 101.90% |
| 14 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 24.975 | 183.063 | 294.548 | 101.98% |
| 15 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 24.989 | 182.961 | 294.383 | 102.04% |
| 16 | 4X | Alex Zanardi | 25.019 | 182.741 | 294.030 | 102.16% |
| 17 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 25.086 | 182.253 | 293.245 | 102.44% |
| 18 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 25.165 | 181.681 | 292.325 | 102.76% |
| 19 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 25.418 | 179.873 | 289.415 | 103.79% |
| 20 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 25.453 | 179.625 | 289.017 | 103.94% |
| 21 | 21X | Richie Hearn | 25.551 | 178.936 | 287.908 | 104.34% |
| 22 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 25.591 | 178.657 | 287.458 | 104.50% |
| 23 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 25.621 | 178.447 | 287.122 | 104.62% |
| 24 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 25.789 | 177.285 | 285.251 | 105.31% |
| 25 | 98 | PJ Jones | 25.935 | 176.287 | 283.646 | 105.90% |
| 26 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 26.048 | 175.522 | 282.415 | 106.37% |
| 27 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 26.283 | 173.953 | 279.890 | 107.33% |
| 28 | 25 | Max Papis | 26.583 | 171.990 | 276.731 | 108.55% |
| 29 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 26.961 | 169.578 | 272.851 | 110.09% |
| 30 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 28.191 | 162.179 | 260.946 | 115.12% |