Race Result
| GP n. 342 - 05/10/1980 - Grand Prix of the United States Watkins Glen International |
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| Winner: | Alan Jones / Williams-Ford - 1:34'36.05 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Bruno Giacomelli / Alfa Romeo - 1:33.291 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Alan Jones / Williams-Ford - 1:34.068 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 |  Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford | 59 | 1:34'36.05 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 28 |  Carlos Reutemann |
Williams-Ford | 59 | + 4.21 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 25 |  Didier Pironi |
Ligier-Ford | 59 | + 12.57 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 |  Elio de Angelis |
Lotus-Ford | 59 | + 29.69 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Ford | 58 | + 1 lap | 12 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 |  Mario Andretti |
Lotus-Ford | 58 | + 1 lap | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | 16 | Rene Arnoux |
Renault | 58 | + 1 lap | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 |  Marc Surer |
ATS-Ford | 57 | + 2 laps | 17 | 0 |
| 9 | 50 |  Rupert Keegan |
Williams-Ford | 57 | + 2 laps | 15 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 |  Keke Rosberg |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 57 | + 2 laps | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | 1 |  Jody Scheckter |
Ferrari | 56 | + 3 laps | 23 | 0 |
| Nc | 7 | John Watson |
McLaren-Ford | 50 | not classified | 9 | 0 |
| Nc | 3 | Jean Pierre Jarier |
Tyrrell-Ford | 40 | not classified | 22 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 |  Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari | 49 | accident | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 30 |  Jochen Mass |
Arrows-Ford | 36 | transmission | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli |
Alfa Romeo | 31 | electrical | 1 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 |  Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-Ford | 25 | spun off | 2 | 0 |
| Ret | 6 |  Hector Rebaque |
Brabham-Ford | 20 | engine | 8 | 0 |
| Ret | 31 | Eddie Cheever |
Osella-Ford | 20 | suspension | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 29 | Riccardo Patrese |
Arrows-Ford | 16 | spun off | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 14 |  Jan Lammers |
Ensign-Ford | 16 | steering | 25 | 0 |
| Ret | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
Fittipaldi-Ford | 15 | suspension | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 4 |  Derek Daly |
Tyrrell-Ford | 3 | spun off | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Alfa Romeo | 2 | accident | 10 | 0 |
| Dnq | 43 |  Mike Thackwell |
Tyrrell-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 51 | Geoff Lees |
Williams-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dns | 8 | Alain Prost |
McLaren-Ford | did not start | 13 | 0 | |