Race No. 12
U.S. 500 — Presented by Toyota
Michigan Speedway — Brooklyn, Michigan
July 25-27, 1997
Individual Friday Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 30.843 | 233.440 | 375.605 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 30.924 | 232.829 | 374.622 | 100.26% |
| 3 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 30.990 | 232.333 | 373.824 | 100.48% |
| 4 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 31.031 | 232.026 | 373.330 | 100.61% |
| 5 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 31.054 | 231.854 | 373.053 | 100.68% |
| 6 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 31.179 | 230.925 | 371.558 | 101.09% |
| 7 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 31.234 | 230.518 | 370.904 | 101.27% |
| 8 | 99 | Greg Moore | 31.264 | 230.297 | 370.548 | 101.36% |
| 9 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 31.274 | 230.223 | 370.429 | 101.40% |
| 10 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 31.291 | 230.098 | 370.228 | 101.45% |
| 11 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 31.453 | 228.913 | 368.321 | 101.98% |
| 12 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 31.481 | 228.709 | 367.993 | 102.07% |
| 13 | 9X | Dario Franchitti | 31.487 | 228.666 | 367.923 | 102.09% |
| 14 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 31.502 | 228.557 | 367.748 | 102.14% |
| 15 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 31.507 | 228.521 | 367.690 | 102.15% |
| 16 | 3X | Paul Tracy | 31.540 | 228.282 | 367.305 | 102.26% |
| 17 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 31.600 | 227.848 | 366.608 | 102.45% |
| 18 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 31.676 | 227.301 | 365.728 | 102.70% |
| 19 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 31.741 | 226.836 | 364.979 | 102.91% |
| 20 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 31.802 | 226.401 | 364.279 | 103.11% |
| 21 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 31.815 | 226.308 | 364.130 | 103.15% |
| 22 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | 31.832 | 226.187 | 363.936 | 103.21% |
| 23 | 27X | Parker Johnstone | 31.914 | 225.606 | 363.001 | 103.47% |
| 24 | 11X | Christian Fittipaldi | 31.938 | 225.437 | 362.728 | 103.55% |
| 25 | 25 | Max Papis | 32.176 | 223.769 | 360.045 | 104.32% |
| 26 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 32.228 | 223.408 | 359.464 | 104.49% |
| 27 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 32.264 | 223.159 | 359.063 | 104.61% |
| 28 | 2X | Al Unser Jr. | 32.424 | 222.058 | 357.291 | 105.13% |
| 29 | 98X | PJ Jones | 32.863 | 219.091 | 352.518 | 106.55% |
| 30 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 34.092 | 211.193 | 339.810 | 110.53% |
| 31 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 34.918 | 206.197 | 331.772 | 113.21% |