Race No. 12
U.S. 500 — Presented by Toyota
Michigan Speedway — Brooklyn, Michigan
July 25-27, 1997
Sunday Warmup Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 30.997 | 232.281 | 373.739 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | 31.003 | 232.236 | 373.667 | 100.02% |
| 3 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 31.175 | 230.954 | 371.605 | 100.57% |
| 4 | 9X | Dario Franchitti | 31.293 | 230.083 | 370.204 | 100.95% |
| 5 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 31.340 | 229.738 | 369.649 | 101.11% |
| 6 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 31.350 | 229.665 | 369.531 | 101.14% |
| 7 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 31.396 | 229.329 | 368.990 | 101.29% |
| 8 | 27X | Parker Johnstone | 31.466 | 228.818 | 368.169 | 101.51% |
| 9 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 31.537 | 228.303 | 367.340 | 101.74% |
| 10 | 99 | Greg Moore | 31.552 | 228.195 | 367.165 | 101.79% |
| 11 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 31.560 | 228.137 | 367.072 | 101.82% |
| 12 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 31.637 | 227.582 | 366.179 | 102.06% |
| 13 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 31.670 | 227.344 | 365.797 | 102.17% |
| 14 | 40 | Raul Boesel | 31.710 | 227.058 | 365.336 | 102.30% |
| 15 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 31.717 | 227.008 | 365.255 | 102.32% |
| 16 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 31.773 | 226.607 | 364.611 | 102.50% |
| 17 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 31.821 | 226.266 | 364.061 | 102.66% |
| 18 | 16 | Patrick Carpentier | 31.905 | 225.670 | 363.103 | 102.93% |
| 19 | 21X | Richie Hearn | 31.930 | 225.493 | 362.819 | 103.01% |
| 20 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 31.940 | 225.423 | 362.705 | 103.04% |
| 21 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 32.107 | 224.250 | 360.819 | 103.58% |
| 22 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 32.215 | 223.498 | 359.609 | 103.93% |
| 23 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | 32.249 | 223.263 | 359.230 | 104.04% |
| 24 | 16X | Patrick Carpentier | 32.387 | 222.311 | 357.699 | 104.48% |
| 25 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 32.439 | 221.955 | 357.126 | 104.65% |
| 26 | 98 | PJ Jones | 32.513 | 221.450 | 356.313 | 104.89% |
| 27 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 32.606 | 220.818 | 355.297 | 105.19% |
| 28 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 33.079 | 217.661 | 350.216 | 106.72% |
| 29 | 25 | Max Papis | 33.096 | 217.549 | 350.036 | 106.77% |
| 30 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 33.823 | 212.873 | 342.512 | 109.12% |