United States Grand Prix West — R
| # | Driver | Team | Status | Time | Grid | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari PU: Ferrari | Finished | 1:52:01.301 | 1 | 80 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | Finished | +11.061 | 4 | 80 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | Finished | +28.951 | 12 | 80 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 PET Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | Finished | +45.603 | 6 | 80 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | Finished | +1:22.884 | 14 | 80 | 2 |
| 6 | 35 PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | +1 Lap | — | 9 | 79 | 1 |
| 7 | 27 JON Alan Jones | Williams PU: Mercedes | +1 Lap | — | 8 | 79 | |
| 8 | 14 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | — | 15 | 79 | |
| 9 | 36 STO Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | +1 Lap | — | 18 | 79 | |
| 10 | 17 REG Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | +1 Lap | — | 20 | 79 | |
| 11 | 10 JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | +5 Laps | — | 19 | 75 | |
| DNF | 1 LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham | Ignition | — | 3 | 27 | |
| DNF | 2 WAT John Watson | Brabham | Gearbox | — | 5 | 9 | |
| DNF | 3 PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | Gearbox | — | 22 | 25 | |
| DNF | 7 HUN James Hunt | McLaren PU: Mercedes | Accident | — | 7 | 5 | |
| DNF | 8 TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren PU: Mercedes | Accident | — | 11 | 74 | |
| DNF | 9 MAS Jochen Mass | ATS | Brakes | — | 16 | 11 | |
| DNF | 12 VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari PU: Ferrari | Accident | — | 2 | 38 | |
| DNF | 15 JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | Turbo | — | 13 | 43 | |
| DNF | 16 STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | Accident | — | 0 | 0 | |
| DNF | 18 KEE Rupert Keegan | Surtees | Accident | — | 0 | 0 | |
| DNF | 19 BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | Transmission | — | 17 | 50 | |
| DNF | 20 SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | Accident | — | 10 | 59 | |
| DNF | 37 MER Arturo Merzario | Merzario | Gearbox | — | 21 | 17 |