Race No. 6
Motorola 300
Gateway International Raceway — Madison, Illinois
May 22-24, 1997
Second Individual Thursday Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 24.379 | 187.538 | 301.749 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 24.499 | 186.620 | 300.271 | 100.49% |
| 3 | 4X | Alex Zanardi | 24.502 | 186.597 | 300.235 | 100.50% |
| 4 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 24.587 | 185.952 | 299.197 | 100.85% |
| 5 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 24.608 | 185.793 | 298.941 | 100.94% |
| 6 | 99 | Greg Moore | 24.673 | 185.304 | 298.154 | 101.21% |
| 7 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 24.679 | 185.259 | 298.081 | 101.23% |
| 8 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 24.702 | 185.086 | 297.804 | 101.32% |
| 9 | 5X | Gil de Ferran | 24.742 | 184.787 | 297.322 | 101.49% |
| 10 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 24.744 | 184.772 | 297.298 | 101.50% |
| 11 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 24.821 | 184.199 | 296.376 | 101.81% |
| 12 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 24.868 | 183.851 | 295.816 | 102.01% |
| 13 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 24.909 | 183.548 | 295.329 | 102.17% |
| 14 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 24.931 | 183.386 | 295.068 | 102.26% |
| 15 | 11 | Roberto Moreno | 24.959 | 183.180 | 294.737 | 102.38% |
| 16 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 25.008 | 182.821 | 294.160 | 102.58% |
| 17 | 3X | Paul Tracy | 25.074 | 182.340 | 293.385 | 102.85% |
| 18 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 25.190 | 181.501 | 292.034 | 103.33% |
| 19 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 25.396 | 180.028 | 289.666 | 104.17% |
| 20 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 25.626 | 178.413 | 287.066 | 105.12% |
| 21 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 25.664 | 178.148 | 286.641 | 105.27% |
| 22 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 25.684 | 178.010 | 286.418 | 105.35% |
| 23 | 77X | Gualter Salles | 25.789 | 177.285 | 285.251 | 105.78% |
| 24 | 25 | Max Papis | 25.869 | 176.737 | 284.369 | 106.11% |
| 25 | 98 | PJ Jones | 26.056 | 175.468 | 282.328 | 106.88% |
| 26 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 26.070 | 175.374 | 282.177 | 106.94% |
| 27 | 25X | Max Papis | 26.184 | 174.610 | 280.948 | 107.40% |
| 28 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 26.387 | 173.267 | 278.787 | 108.24% |
| 29 | 34 | Paul Jasper | 27.098 | 168.721 | 271.472 | 111.15% |
| 30 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 28.206 | 162.093 | 260.808 | 115.70% |