| DATE | RACE |
| March 2, 1997 Sunday | Marlboro
Grand Prix of Miami Presented by Toyota Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex (1.5-mile Oval) Homestead, Florida |
| April 6, 1997 Sunday | IndyCarnival Surfer's Paradise (2.793-mile Street Course) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia |
| April 13, 1997 Sunday | Toyota
Grand Prix of Long Beach (1.59-mile Street Course) Long Beach, California |
| April 27, 1997 Sunday | Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented By Toyota Nazareth Speedway (1-mile Oval) Nazareth, Pennsylvania |
| May 11, 1997 Sunday | Rio
400 Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway at Nelson Piquet International Raceway (1.8-mile Oval) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| May 24, 1997 Saturday | (Title to Be Announced)Gateway International
Raceway (1.25-mile Oval) Madison, Illinois |
| June 1, 1997 Sunday | Miller 200 The Milwaukee Mile (1-mile Oval) West Allis, Wisconsin |
| June 8, 1997 Sunday | ITT
Automotive Detroit Grand Prix The Raceway On Belle Isle (2.1-mile Road Course) Detroit, Michigan |
| June 22, 1997 Sunday | Budweiser/G.I.
Joe's 200 Presented by Texaco/Havoline Portland International Raceway (1.95-mile Road Course) Portland, Oregon |
| July 13, 1997 Sunday | Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (2.369-mile Road Course) Cleveland, Ohio |
| July 20, 1997 Sunday | Molson Indy Toronto (1.78-mile Street Course) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| July 27, 1997 Sunday | U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota Michigan International Speedway (2-mile Oval) Brooklyn, Michigan |
| Aug. 10, 1997 Sunday | Mid-Ohio
Miller 200 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2.25-mile Road Course) Lexington, Ohio |
| Aug. 17, 1997 Saturday | Texaco/Havoline
200 Road America (4-mile Road Course) Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
| August 31, 1997 Sunday | Molson
Indy Vancouver Concord Pacific Place (Street Course) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Sept. 7, 1997 Sunday | Toyota
Grand Prix of Monterey Laguna Seca Raceway (2.214-mile Road Course) Monterey, California |
| Sept. 28, 1997 Sunday | (Title to be announced) Presented by Toyota The California Speedway (2-mile Tri-Oval) Fontana, California |