Race No. 12
U.S. 500 — Presented by Toyota
Michigan Speedway — Brooklyn, Michigan
July 25-27, 1997
Friday Practice Combined
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 30.732 | 234.283 | 376.962 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 30.773 | 233.971 | 376.460 | 100.13% |
| 3 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 30.824 | 233.584 | 375.837 | 100.30% |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 30.968 | 232.498 | 374.089 | 100.77% |
| 5 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 30.990 | 232.333 | 373.824 | 100.84% |
| 6 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 31.010 | 232.183 | 373.583 | 100.90% |
| 7 | 27X | Parker Johnstone | 31.033 | 232.011 | 373.306 | 100.98% |
| 8 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 31.037 | 231.981 | 373.258 | 100.99% |
| 9 | 99X | Greg Moore | 31.087 | 231.608 | 372.657 | 101.16% |
| 10 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 31.096 | 231.541 | 372.550 | 101.18% |
| 11 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 31.233 | 230.525 | 370.915 | 101.63% |
| 12 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 31.234 | 230.518 | 370.904 | 101.63% |
| 13 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 31.247 | 230.422 | 370.749 | 101.68% |
| 14 | 99 | Greg Moore | 31.264 | 230.297 | 370.548 | 101.73% |
| 15 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 31.291 | 230.098 | 370.228 | 101.82% |
| 16 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 31.308 | 229.973 | 370.027 | 101.87% |
| 17 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 31.308 | 229.973 | 370.027 | 101.87% |
| 18 | 4X | Alex Zanardi | 31.379 | 229.453 | 369.190 | 102.11% |
| 19 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 31.381 | 229.438 | 369.166 | 102.11% |
| 20 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 31.481 | 228.709 | 367.993 | 102.44% |
| 21 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 31.487 | 228.666 | 367.923 | 102.46% |
| 22 | 9X | Dario Franchitti | 31.487 | 228.666 | 367.923 | 102.46% |
| 23 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 31.502 | 228.557 | 367.748 | 102.51% |
| 24 | 3X | Paul Tracy | 31.540 | 228.282 | 367.305 | 102.63% |
| 25 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 31.676 | 227.301 | 365.728 | 103.07% |
| 26 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 31.721 | 226.979 | 365.209 | 103.22% |
| 27 | 21 | Richie Hearn | 31.815 | 226.308 | 364.130 | 103.52% |
| 28 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | 31.822 | 226.259 | 364.050 | 103.55% |
| 29 | 11X | Christian Fittipaldi | 31.938 | 225.437 | 362.728 | 103.92% |
| 30 | 25 | Max Papis | 32.176 | 223.769 | 360.045 | 104.70% |
| 31 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 32.259 | 223.194 | 359.118 | 104.97% |
| 32 | 2X | Al Unser Jr. | 32.424 | 222.058 | 357.291 | 105.51% |
| 33 | 25X | Max Papis | 32.613 | 220.771 | 355.220 | 106.12% |
| 34 | 98 | PJ Jones | 32.823 | 219.358 | 352.948 | 106.80% |
| 35 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 32.833 | 219.292 | 352.840 | 106.84% |
| 36 | 98X | PJ Jones | 32.863 | 219.091 | 352.518 | 106.93% |
| 37 | 21X | Richie Hearn | 33.119 | 217.398 | 349.793 | 107.77% |
| 38 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 33.744 | 213.371 | 343.314 | 109.80% |