Race No. 12
U.S. 500 — Presented by Toyota
Michigan Speedway — Brooklyn, Michigan
July 25-27, 1997
Saturday Individual Practice Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 30.450 | 236.453 | 380.453 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 30.552 | 235.664 | 379.183 | 100.33% |
| 3 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 30.663 | 234.811 | 377.810 | 100.70% |
| 4 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 30.669 | 234.765 | 377.736 | 100.72% |
| 5 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 30.698 | 234.543 | 377.380 | 100.81% |
| 6 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 30.718 | 234.390 | 377.134 | 100.88% |
| 7 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 30.772 | 233.979 | 376.472 | 101.06% |
| 8 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 30.863 | 233.289 | 375.362 | 101.36% |
| 9 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 30.872 | 233.221 | 375.253 | 101.39% |
| 10 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 30.888 | 233.100 | 375.058 | 101.44% |
| 11 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 30.893 | 233.063 | 374.998 | 101.45% |
| 12 | 27X | Parker Johnstone | 30.938 | 232.724 | 374.452 | 101.60% |
| 13 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 30.953 | 232.611 | 374.271 | 101.65% |
| 14 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 30.969 | 232.491 | 374.077 | 101.70% |
| 15 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 31.027 | 232.056 | 373.378 | 101.89% |
| 16 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 31.141 | 231.206 | 372.011 | 102.27% |
| 17 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 31.144 | 231.184 | 371.975 | 102.28% |
| 18 | 99 | Greg Moore | 31.158 | 231.080 | 371.808 | 102.33% |
| 19 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 31.180 | 230.917 | 371.546 | 102.40% |
| 20 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 31.243 | 230.452 | 370.797 | 102.60% |
| 21 | 21X | Richie Hearn | 31.343 | 229.716 | 369.614 | 102.93% |
| 22 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 31.502 | 228.557 | 367.748 | 103.45% |
| 23 | 25 | Max Papis | 31.793 | 226.465 | 364.382 | 104.41% |
| 24 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 32.184 | 223.714 | 359.955 | 105.69% |
| 25 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 32.298 | 222.924 | 358.685 | 106.07% |
| 26 | 98 | PJ Jones | 32.390 | 222.291 | 357.666 | 106.37% |
| 27 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | 32.678 | 220.332 | 354.514 | 107.32% |
| 28 | 98X | PJ Jones | 32.808 | 219.459 | 353.109 | 107.74% |