Race No. 12
U.S. 500 — Presented by Toyota
Michigan Speedway — Brooklyn, Michigan
July 25-27, 1997
Saturday Qualifying (Provisional)
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 30.788 | 233.857 | 376.276 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 30.836 | 233.493 | 375.691 | 100.16% |
| 3 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 30.932 | 232.769 | 374.525 | 100.47% |
| 4 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 30.967 | 232.506 | 374.101 | 100.58% |
| 5 | 27X | Parker Johnstone | 31.013 | 232.161 | 373.547 | 100.73% |
| 6 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 31.170 | 230.991 | 371.665 | 101.24% |
| 7 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 31.176 | 230.947 | 371.594 | 101.26% |
| 8 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 31.278 | 230.194 | 370.382 | 101.59% |
| 9 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 31.313 | 229.936 | 369.968 | 101.71% |
| 10 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 31.366 | 229.548 | 369.343 | 101.88% |
| 11 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 31.392 | 229.358 | 369.037 | 101.96% |
| 12 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 31.395 | 229.336 | 369.001 | 101.97% |
| 13 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 31.397 | 229.321 | 368.978 | 101.98% |
| 14 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 31.469 | 228.797 | 368.134 | 102.21% |
| 15 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 31.485 | 228.680 | 367.947 | 102.26% |
| 16 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 31.507 | 228.521 | 367.690 | 102.34% |
| 17 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 31.562 | 228.122 | 367.049 | 102.51% |
| 18 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 31.588 | 227.935 | 366.747 | 102.60% |
| 19 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 31.591 | 227.913 | 366.712 | 102.61% |
| 20 | 99 | Greg Moore | 31.612 | 227.762 | 366.468 | 102.68% |
| 21 | 21X | Richie Hearn | 32.349 | 222.573 | 358.119 | 105.07% |
| 22 | 25 | Max Papis | 32.405 | 222.188 | 357.500 | 105.25% |
| 23 | 98 | PJ Jones | 32.489 | 221.613 | 356.576 | 105.52% |
| 24 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 32.539 | 221.273 | 356.028 | 105.69% |
| 25 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 32.566 | 221.089 | 355.733 | 105.77% |
| 26 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | 32.929 | 218.652 | 351.811 | 106.95% |