| «1979-15» | USA East Grand Prix - XXII United States Grand Prix |
| 1979-10-07 | Watkins Glen - Watkins Glen International - 59 laps × 5.435 km : 320.665 km |
| Pos | Car | Driver | Constructor | Time | Speed | Lap | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham • Ford Cosworth | 01:40.054 | 195.554 km/h | 51 | |
| 2 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 01:40.264 | 195.145 km/h | 52 | +00.210 |
| 3 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 01:41.322 | 193.107 km/h | 48 | +01.268 |
| 4 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 01:42.029 | 191.769 km/h | 38 | +01.975 |
| 5 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:42.108 | 191.621 km/h | 56 | +02.054 |
| 6 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 01:42.147 | 191.547 km/h | 41 | +02.093 |
| 7 | 33 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:42.887 | 190.170 km/h | 49 | +02.833 |
| 8 | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck | ATS • Ford Cosworth | 01:43.400 | 189.226 km/h | 44 | +03.346 |
| 9 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 01:43.574 | 188.908 km/h | 45 | +03.520 |
| 10 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 01:46.278 | 184.102 km/h | 4 | +06.224 |
| 11 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 01:47.622 | 181.803 km/h | 3 | +07.568 |
| 12 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 01:48.378 | 180.535 km/h | 29 | +08.324 |
| 13 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | 01:53.048 | 173.077 km/h | 48 | +12.994 |
| 14 | 22 | Marc Surer | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 01:57.377 | 166.694 km/h | 30 | +17.323 |
| 15 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 01:59.042 | 164.362 km/h | 17 | +18.988 |
| 16 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 02:00.685 | 162.125 km/h | 17 | +20.631 |
| 17 | 20 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | 02:01.546 | 160.976 km/h | 17 | +21.492 |
| 18 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 02:01.981 | 160.402 km/h | 5 | +21.927 |
| 19 | 5 | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham • Ford Cosworth | 02:02.393 | 159.862 km/h | 25 | +22.339 |
| 20 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 02:03.637 | 158.254 km/h | 15 | +23.583 |
| 21 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 02:04.813 | 156.763 km/h | 14 | +24.759 |
| 22 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Ford Cosworth | 02:08.018 | 152.838 km/h | 3 | +27.964 |
| 23 | 25 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier • Ford Cosworth | 02:10.062 | 150.436 km/h | 1 | +30.008 |