Race Result
| GP n. 279 - 10/10/1976 - Grand Prix of the United States Watkins Glen International |
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| Winner: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 1:42'40.741 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 1:43.622 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 1:42.851 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 |  James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 59 | 1:42'40.741 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 3 |  Jody Scheckter |
Tyrrell-Ford | 59 | +8.030 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 |  Niki Lauda |
Ferrari | 59 | + 1'02.324 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 |  Jochen Mass |
McLaren-Ford | 59 | + 1'02.458 | 17 | 3 |
| 5 | 34 | Hans Joachim Stuck |
March-Ford | 59 | +1'07.978 | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | 28 | John Watson |
Penske-Ford | 59 | + 1'08.190 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | 2 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ferrari | 58 | + 1 lap | 14 | 0 |
| 8 | 19 |  Alan Jones |
Surtees-Ford | 58 | + 1 lap | 18 | 0 |
| 9 | 30 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 57 | + 2 laps | 15 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 |  Jean Pierre Jarier |
Shadow-Ford | 57 | + 2 laps | 16 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 |  Brett Lunger |
Surtees-Ford | 57 | + 2 laps | 24 | 0 |
| 12 | 25 | Alex Ribeiro |
Hesketh-Ford | 57 | + 2 laps | 22 | 0 |
| 13 | 24 | Harald Ertl |
Hesketh-Ford | 54 | + 5 laps | 21 | 0 |
| 14 | 21 | Warwick Brown |
Wolf-Williams-Ford | 54 | + 5 laps | 23 | 0 |
| Nc | 38 | Henri Pescarolo |
Surtees-Ford | 48 | not classified | 26 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Tom Pryce |
Shadow-Ford | 45 | engine | 9 | 0 |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 34 | tyre | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 |  Vittorio Brambilla |
March-Ford | 34 | tyre | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 | Jose Carlos Pace |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 31 | collision | 10 | 0 |
| Ret | 7 | Larry Perkins |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 30 | suspension | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 | Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 23 | suspension | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ensign-Ford | 14 | accident | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 |  Gunnar Nilsson |
Lotus-Ford | 13 | engine | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 | Ronnie Peterson |
March-Ford | 12 | suspension | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 | Arturo Merzario |
Wolf-Williams-Ford | 9 | accident | 25 | 0 |
| Ret | 4 | Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 7 | fuel pipe | 7 | 0 |
| Dnq | 39 | Otto Stuppacher |
Tyrrell-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||