Race No. 17
The California 500
Presented by Toyota
The California Speedway — Fontana, California
September 26-28, 1997
Sunday Warmup Report
| pos | car | driver | laptime | mph | km/h | % best time |
| 1 | 1 | Jimmy Vasser | 30.535 | 239.214 | 384.895 | 100.00% |
| 2 | 31 | Andre Ribeiro | 30.958 | 235.945 | 379.636 | 101.39% |
| 3 | 17X | Mauricio Gugelmin | 31.032 | 235.383 | 378.731 | 101.63% |
| 4 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 31.056 | 235.201 | 378.438 | 101.71% |
| 5 | 4X | Arie Lyendyk | 31.090 | 234.944 | 378.024 | 101.82% |
| 6 | 32 | Adrian Fernandez | 31.090 | 234.943 | 378.023 | 101.82% |
| 7 | 99 | Greg Moore | 31.092 | 234.929 | 378.000 | 101.82% |
| 8 | 19 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 31.258 | 233.681 | 375.993 | 102.37% |
| 9 | 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 31.405 | 232.587 | 374.233 | 102.85% |
| 10 | 20 | Scott Pruett | 31.426 | 232.432 | 373.983 | 102.92% |
| 11 | 3 | Paul Tracy | 31.533 | 231.643 | 372.714 | 103.27% |
| 12 | 7 | Bobby Rahal | 31.543 | 231.570 | 372.595 | 103.30% |
| 13 | 18 | Mark Blundell | 31.573 | 231.350 | 372.241 | 103.40% |
| 14 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | 31.608 | 231.093 | 371.829 | 103.51% |
| 15 | 6 | Michael Andretti | 31.729 | 230.212 | 370.411 | 103.91% |
| 16 | 8 | Bryan Herta | 31.756 | 230.016 | 370.096 | 104.00% |
| 17 | 40X | Raul Boesel | 31.788 | 229.785 | 369.724 | 104.10% |
| 18 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | 31.852 | 229.323 | 368.981 | 104.31% |
| 19 | 98 | PJ Jones | 31.874 | 229.165 | 368.726 | 104.39% |
| 20 | 9 | Dario Franchitti | 31.891 | 229.043 | 368.530 | 104.44% |
| 21 | 27 | Parker Johnstone | 32.093 | 227.601 | 366.210 | 105.10% |
| 22 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | 32.148 | 227.212 | 365.584 | 105.28% |
| 23 | 21X | Richie Hearn | 32.658 | 223.663 | 359.874 | 106.95% |
| 24 | 64 | Arnd Meier | 32.921 | 221.877 | 356.999 | 107.81% |
| 25 | 77 | Gualter Salles | 33.079 | 220.817 | 355.294 | 108.33% |
| 26 | 25 | Max Papis | 33.141 | 220.404 | 354.630 | 108.53% |
| 27 | 34 | Dennis Vitolo | 33.246 | 219.708 | 353.510 | 108.88% |
| 28 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | 34.424 | 212.189 | 341.412 | 112.74% |