United States Grand Prix West 1976
28 March 1976
Long Beach, USA
- Location
- California, USA
- Laps
- 80
- Previous winners
- 1983John WatsonMcLaren
- 1982Niki LaudaMcLaren
- 1981Alan JonesWilliams
- 1980Nelson PiquetBrabham
- 1979Gilles VilleneuveFerrari
Starting Grid
- 1
Clay Regazzoni
Ferrari
No time set
- 2
Patrick Depailler
Tyrrell
No time set
- 3
James Hunt
McLaren
No time set
- 4
Niki Lauda
Ferrari
No time set
- 5
Tom Pryce
Shadow
No time set
- 6
Ronnie Peterson
March
No time set
- 7
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Shadow
No time set
- 8
Gunnar Nilsson
Team Lotus
No time set
- 9
John Watson
Penske
No time set
- 10
Carlos Reutemann
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 11
Jody Scheckter
Tyrrell
No time set
- 12
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
No time set
- 13
Carlos Pace
Brabham-Alfa Romeo
No time set
- 14
Jochen Mass
McLaren
No time set
- 15
Mario Andretti
Parnelli
No time set
- 16
Emerson Fittipaldi
Fittipaldi
No time set
- 17
Chris Amon
Ensign
No time set
- 18
Hans-Joachim Stuck
March
No time set
- 19
Alan Jones
Surtees
No time set
- 20
Vittorio Brambilla
March
No time set
- PIT
Michel Leclère
Wolf
No time set
- PIT
Ingo Hoffmann
Fittipaldi
No time set
- PIT
Arturo Merzario
March
No time set
- PIT
Bob Evans
Team Lotus
No time set
- PIT
Jacky Ickx
Wolf
No time set
- PIT
Harald Ertl
Hesketh
No time set
- PIT
Brett Lunger
Surtees
No time set
Laps Lead
Results
| 1 | 0 | Clay Regazzoni Ferrari | 80 laps | 1:53:18.471 | 9pts |
| 2 | +2 | Niki Lauda Ferrari | 80 laps | +42.414 | 6pts |
| 3 | -1 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | 80 laps | +49.972 | 4pts |
| 4 | +8 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | 80 laps | +1:12.828 | 3pts |
| 5 | +9 | Jochen Mass McLaren | 80 laps | +1:22.292 | 2pts |
| 6 | +10 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | 79 laps | 1pts | |
| 7 | 0 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow | 79 laps | ||
| 8 | +9 | Chris Amon Ensign | 78 laps | ||
| 9 | +4 | Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 77 laps | ||
| 10 | -4 | Ronnie Peterson March | 77 laps | ||
| N | - | Alan Jones Surtees | 70 laps | ||
| N | - | John Watson Penske | 69 laps | ||
| R | - | Jody Scheckter Tyrrell | 34 laps | ||
| R | - | Tom Pryce Shadow | 32 laps | ||
| R | - | Mario Andretti Parnelli | 15 laps | ||
| R | - | James Hunt McLaren | 3 laps | ||
| R | - | Hans-Joachim Stuck March | 2 laps | ||
| R | - | Vittorio Brambilla March | 0 laps | ||
| R | - | Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 0 laps | ||
| R | - | Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Michel Leclère Wolf | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Ingo Hoffmann Fittipaldi | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Arturo Merzario March | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Bob Evans Team Lotus | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Jacky Ickx Wolf | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Harald Ertl Hesketh | 0 laps | ||
| F | - | Brett Lunger Surtees | 0 laps |