Race Result
| GP n. 295 - 02/10/1977 - Grand Prix of the United States Watkins Glen International |
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| Winner: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 1:58'23.267 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | James Hunt / McLaren-Ford - 1:40.863 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Ronnie Peterson / Tyrrell-Ford - 1:51.854 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 |  James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford | 59 | 1:58'23.267 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 59 | +2.026 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 20 |  Jody Scheckter |
Wolf-Ford | 59 | + 1'18.879 | 9 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 |  Niki Lauda |
Ferrari | 59 | + 1'40.615 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 22 |  Clay Regazzoni |
Ensign-Ford | 59 | + 1'48.138 | 19 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Ferrari | 58 | + 1 lap | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 26 |  Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra | 58 | + 1 lap | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | 24 | Rupert Keegan |
Hesketh-Ford | 58 | + 1 lap | 20 | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Shadow-Ford | 58 | + 1 lap | 16 | 0 |
| 10 | 30 | Brett Lunger |
McLaren-Ford | 57 | + 2 laps | 17 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | Hans Binder |
Surtees-Ford | 57 | + 2 laps | 25 | 0 |
| 12 | 7 | John Watson |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 57 | + 2 laps | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | 28 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 57 | + 2 laps | 18 | 0 |
| 14 | 4 | Patrick Depailler |
Tyrrell-Ford | 56 | + 3 laps | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | 9 | Alex Ribeiro |
March-Ford | 56 | + 3 laps | 23 | 0 |
| 16 | 3 |  Ronnie Peterson |
Tyrrell-Ford | 56 | + 3 laps | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | 25 | Ian Ashley |
Hesketh-Ford | 55 | + 4 laps | 22 | 0 |
| 18 | 27 |  Patrick Neve |
March-Ford | 55 | + 4 laps | 24 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 |  Vittorio Brambilla |
Surtees-Ford | 54 | + 5 laps | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 30 | alternator | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson |
Lotus-Ford | 17 | accident | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 |  Hans Joachim Stuck |
Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 14 | accident | 2 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 | Ian Scheckter |
March-Ford | 10 | accident | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 | Jochen Mass |
McLaren-Ford | 8 | fuel pump | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 | Danny Ongais |
Penske-Ford | 6 | accident | 26 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 |  Alan Jones |
Shadow-Ford | 3 | accident | 13 | 0 |
| Dnq | 23 | Patrick Tambay |
Ensign-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||