| «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 | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | James Hunt | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:40.863 | 193.986 km/h | |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | Hans Joachim Stuck | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 01:41.138 | +00.275 (+0.273%) | +00.275 |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | John Watson | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 01:41.193 | +00.330 (+0.327%) | +00.055 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 01:41.481 | +00.618 (+0.613%) | +00.288 |
| 5 | 5 | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:41.908 | +01.045 (+1.036%) | +00.427 |
| 6 | 6 | 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 01:41.952 | +01.089 (+1.080%) | +00.044 |
| 7 | 7 | 11 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 01:42.089 | +01.226 (+1.216%) | +00.137 |
| 8 | 8 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:42.238 | +01.375 (+1.363%) | +00.149 |
| 9 | 9 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | 01:42.315 | +01.452 (+1.440%) | +00.077 |
| 10 | 10 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Matra | 01:42.640 | +01.777 (+1.762%) | +00.325 |
| 11 | 11 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | 01:42.786 | +01.923 (+1.907%) | +00.146 |
| 12 | 12 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 01:42.815 | +01.952 (+1.935%) | +00.029 |
| 13 | 13 | 17 | Alan Jones | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 01:43.019 | +02.156 (+2.138%) | +00.204 |
| 14 | 14 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 01:43.069 | +02.206 (+2.187%) | +00.050 |
| 15 | 15 | 2 | Jochen Mass | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:43.242 | +02.379 (+2.359%) | +00.173 |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 01:43.516 | +02.653 (+2.630%) | +00.274 |
| 17 | 17 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:43.698 | +02.835 (+2.811%) | +00.182 |
| 18 | 18 | 28 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | 01:43.938 | +03.075 (+3.049%) | +00.240 |
| 19 | 19 | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 01:44.208 | +03.345 (+3.316%) | +00.270 |
| 20 | 20 | 24 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh • Ford Cosworth | 01:44.550 | +03.687 (+3.655%) | +00.342 |
| 21 | 21 | 10 | Ian Scheckter | March • Ford Cosworth | 01:44.702 | +03.839 (+3.806%) | +00.152 |
| 22 | 22 | 25 | Ian Ashley | Hesketh • Ford Cosworth | 01:45.100 | +04.237 (+4.201%) | +00.398 |
| 23 | 23 | 9 | Alex Ribeiro | March • Ford Cosworth | 01:45.473 | +04.610 (+4.571%) | +00.373 |
| 24 | 24 | 27 | Patrick Neve | March • Ford Cosworth | 01:45.845 | +04.982 (+4.939%) | +00.372 |
| 25 | 25 | 18 | Hans Binder | Surtees • Ford Cosworth | 01:45.880 | +05.017 (+4.974%) | +00.035 |
| 26 | 26 | 14 | Danny Ongais | Penske • Ford Cosworth | 01:46.070 | +05.207 (+5.162%) | +00.190 |
| 27 | 23 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 01:49.435 | +08.572 (+8.499%) | +03.365 |