Race No. 9
Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200
Portland — Oregon
June 20 — June 22, 1997
Saturday Qualifying Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 59.383 | 119.246 | 191.867 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 59.443 | 119.126 | 191.674 | 100.10% |
| 3 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 59.752 | 118.510 | 190.682 | 100.62% |
| 4 | 17X | Mauricio Gugelmin | 59.860 | 118.296 | 190.338 | 100.80% |
| 5 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 59.876 | 118.264 | 190.287 | 100.83% |
| 6 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 59.951 | 118.116 | 190.049 | 100.96% |
| 7 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 60.021 | 117.979 | 189.828 | 101.07% |
| 8 | 99 | Greg Moore | 60.107 | 117.810 | 189.556 | 101.22% |
| 9 | 1X | Jimmy Vasser | 60.130 | 117.765 | 189.484 | 101.26% |
| 10 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 60.152 | 117.722 | 189.414 | 101.29% |
| 11 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 60.158 | 117.710 | 189.395 | 101.31% |
| 12 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 60.249 | 117.532 | 189.109 | 101.46% |
| 13 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 60.326 | 117.382 | 188.868 | 101.59% |
| 14 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 60.407 | 117.225 | 188.615 | 101.72% |
| 15 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 63.770 | 111.043 | 178.668 | 107.39% |
| 16 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 64.030 | 110.592 | 177.942 | 107.83% |
| 17 | 98 | PJ Jones | 64.212 | 110.278 | 177.438 | 108.13% |
| 18 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 66.566 | 106.379 | 171.163 | 112.10% |
| 19 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 67.988 | 104.154 | 167.583 | 114.49% |
| 20 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 72.768 | 97.312 | 156.575 | 122.54% |
| 21 | 34 | Christian Danner | 73.822 | 95.923 | 154.340 | 124.32% |
| 22 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 76.155 | 92.984 | 149.611 | 128.24% |