The 1976 USA West Grand Prix was Round 3 of the 1976 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held on the streets of Long Beach, California, United States on Sunday, 28 March 1976. Clay Regazzoni started on pole position for Ferrari and was the race winner.
1976 USA West Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Clay Regazzoni | Switzerland | Ferrari | Goodyear | 80 | 1:53:18.471 | 1:53:18.471 | - | - | 1:23.076 | 61 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 80 | +42.414 | 1:54:00.885 | +42.414 | +42.414 | 1:23.625 | 57 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 80 | +49.972 | 1:54:08.443 | +49.972 | +7.558 | 1:23.892 | 69 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Matra | Goodyear | 80 | +1:12.828 | 1:54:31.299 | +1:12.828 | +22.856 | 1:23.683 | 65 | 12 | 3 |
| 5 | 12 | Jochen Mass | Germany | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 80 | +1:22.292 | 1:54:40.763 | +1:22.292 | +9.464 | 1:24.109 | 61 | 14 | 2 |
| 6 | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:24.465 | 56 | 16 | 1 | |
| 7 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | France | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:24.804 | 52 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 22 | Chris Amon | New Zealand | Ensign Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:25.143 | 53 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Carlos Pace | Brazil | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 77 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:24.591 | 59 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Ronnie Peterson | Sweden | March Ford | Goodyear | 77 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1:25.052 | 25 | 6 | |||
| NC | 19 | Alan Jones | Australia | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +10 laps | 10 laps | 7 laps | 1:24.614 | 62 | 19 | ||
| NC | 28 | John Watson | Great Britain | Penske Ford | Goodyear | 69 | +11 laps | 11 laps | 1 lap | 1:24.124 | 62 | 9 | ||
| DNF | 3 | Jody Scheckter | South Africa | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 34 | Suspension | 46 laps | 35 laps | 1:25.279 | 32 | 11 | ||
| DNF | 16 | Tom Pryce | Great Britain | Shadow Ford | Goodyear | 32 | Halfshaft | 48 laps | 2 laps | 1:24.853 | 32 | 5 | ||
| DNF | 27 | Mario Andretti | United States | Parnelli Ford | Goodyear | 15 | Water Leak | 65 laps | 17 laps | 1:26.622 | 14 | 15 | ||
| DNF | 11 | James Hunt | Great Britain | McLaren Ford | Goodyear | 3 | Accident | 77 laps | 12 laps | 1:27.985 | 3 | 3 | ||
| DNF | 34 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Germany | March Ford | Goodyear | 2 | Accident | 78 laps | 1 lap | 1:33.447 | 2 | 18 | ||
| DNF | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | Accident | 80 laps | 2 laps | 8 | |||||
| DNF | 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Argentina | Brabham Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | Accident | 80 laps | 10 | ||||||
| DNF | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Sweden | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | Suspension | 80 laps | 20 | ||||||
| DNQ | 21 | Michel Leclere | France | Wolf-Williams Ford | Goodyear | 80 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 31 | Ingo Hoffmann | Brazil | Fittipaldi Ford | Goodyear | 80 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 35 | Arturo Merzario | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 80 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 5 | Bob Evans | Great Britain | Lotus Ford | Goodyear | 80 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 20 | Jacky Ickx | Belgium | Wolf-Williams Ford | Goodyear | 80 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 24 | Harald Ertl | Austria | Hesketh Ford | Goodyear | 80 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 18 | Brett Lunger | United States | Surtees Ford | Goodyear | 80 laps |