Race Result
| GP n. 328 - 07/10/1979 - Grand Prix of the United States Watkins Glen International |
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| Winner: | Gilles Villeneuve / Ferrari - 1:52'17.734 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Alan Jones / Williams-Ford - 1:35.615 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Nelson Piquet / Brabham-Ford - 1:40.054 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 59 | 1:52'17.734 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 16 |  Rene Arnoux |
Renault | 59 | +48.787 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | Didier Pironi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 59 | +53.199 | 10 | 4 |
| 4 | 18 |  Elio de Angelis |
Shadow-Ford | 59 | + 1'30.512 | 20 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 |  Hans Joachim Stuck |
ATS-Ford | 59 | + 1'41.259 | 14 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 |  John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 58 | + 1 lap | 13 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 |  Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 54 | + 5 laps | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 | Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Ford | 53 | transmission | 2 | 0 |
| Ret | 33 |  Derek Daly |
Tyrrell-Ford | 52 | spun off | 15 | 0 |
| Ret | 11 |  Jody Scheckter |
Ferrari | 48 | tyre | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 29 | Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 44 | suspension | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 36 | wheel | 1 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 |  Marc Surer |
Ensign-Ford | 32 | engine | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 28 | Clay Regazzoni |
Williams-Ford | 29 | accident | 5 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 |  Ricardo Zunino |
Brabham-Ford | 25 | spun off | 9 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Jean Pierre Jabouille |
Renault | 24 | engine | 8 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 | Patrick Tambay |
McLaren-Ford | 20 | engine | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 |  Keke Rosberg |
Wolf-Ford | 20 | accident | 12 | 0 |
| Ret | 4 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Tyrrell-Ford | 18 | accident | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 1 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 16 | gear box | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 | Carlos Reutemann |
Lotus-Ford | 6 | spun off | 6 | 0 |
| Ret | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Ford | 3 | spun off | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 25 |  Jacky Ickx |
Ligier-Ford | 2 | spun off | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 35 | Bruno Giacomelli |
Alfa Romeo | 0 | spun off | 18 | 0 |
| Dnq | 36 | Vittorio Brambilla |
Alfa Romeo | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 30 | Jochen Mass |
Arrows-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 19 | Alex Ribeiro |
Fittipaldi-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 24 | Arturo Merzario |
Merzario-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 31 |  Hector Rebaque |
Rebaque-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 17 |  Jan Lammers |
Shadow-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||