| «1977-15» | USA East Grand Prix - XX United States Grand Prix |
| 1977-10-02 | Watkins Glen - Watkins Glen International - 59 laps × 5.435 km : 320.665 km |
| Pos | Car | Driver | Constructor | Time | Speed | Lap | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:51.854 | 174.924 km/h | 56 | |
| 2 | 1 | James Hunt | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:52.890 | 173.319 km/h | 59 | +01.036 |
| 3 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 01:53.403 | 172.535 km/h | 59 | +01.549 |
| 4 | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 01:57.401 | 166.660 km/h | 43 | +05.547 |
| 5 | 18 | Hans Binder | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | 01:57.779 | 166.125 km/h | 56 | +05.925 |
| 6 | 7 | John Watson | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 01:57.901 | 165.953 km/h | 45 | +06.047 |
| 7 | 16 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 01:58.260 | 165.449 km/h | 55 | +06.406 |
| 8 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | 01:58.332 | 165.348 km/h | 40 | +06.478 |
| 9 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:58.383 | 165.277 km/h | 56 | +06.529 |
| 10 | 25 | Ian Ashley | Hesketh • Ford Cosworth | 01:58.455 | 165.177 km/h | 55 | +06.601 |
| 11 | 11 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 01:58.924 | 164.525 km/h | 35 | +07.070 |
| 12 | 24 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh • Ford Cosworth | 01:59.155 | 164.206 km/h | 58 | +07.301 |
| 13 | 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 01:59.392 | 163.880 km/h | 55 | +07.538 |
| 14 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Matra | 01:59.787 | 163.340 km/h | 58 | +07.933 |
| 15 | 28 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | 02:00.215 | 162.758 km/h | +08.361 | |
| 16 | 8 | Hans Joachim Stuck | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 02:00.699 | 162.106 km/h | 7 | +08.845 |
| 17 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | 02:01.015 | 161.682 km/h | 49 | +09.161 |
| 18 | 2 | Jochen Mass | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 02:01.131 | 161.528 km/h | 7 | +09.277 |
| 19 | 9 | Alex Ribeiro | March • Ford Cosworth | 02:01.344 | 161.244 km/h | +09.490 | |
| 20 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 02:01.344 | 161.244 km/h | 56 | +09.490 |
| 21 | 23 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 02:02.418 | 159.829 km/h | +10.564 | |
| 22 | 27 | Patrick Neve | March • Ford Cosworth | 02:02.630 | 159.553 km/h | 55 | +10.776 |
| 23 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 02:03.437 | 158.510 km/h | 7 | +11.583 |
| 24 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 02:03.564 | 158.347 km/h | 21 | +11.710 |
| 25 | 10 | Ian Scheckter | March • Ford Cosworth | 02:05.665 | 155.700 km/h | 5 | +13.811 |
| 26 | 17 | Alan Jones | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 02:06.528 | 154.638 km/h | 3 | +14.674 |
| 27 | 14 | Danny Ongais | Penske • Ford Cosworth | 02:06.808 | 154.296 km/h | 6 | +14.954 |