| «1979-04» | USA West Grand Prix - V Grand Prix of Long Beach |
| 1979-04-08 | Long Beach - 80 laps × 3.251 km : 261.705 km (offset 1625 m) |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 80 | 1:50:25.400 | 142.201 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 3 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 80 | +29.380 | +29.380 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 80 | +59.690 | +30.310 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 80 | +01:04.330 | +04.640 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier • Ford Cosworth | 80 | +01:23.520 | +19.190 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 79 | +1 lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 20 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 78 | +2 laps | ||
| 8 | 12 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 78 | +2 laps | ||
| 9 | 13 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 78 | +2 laps | ||
| DSQ | 17 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 72 | push start | ||
| 23 | 31 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 71 | collision | |||
| 24 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign • Ford Cosworth | 69 | collision | |||
| 18 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 62 | fuel injection | |||
| DSQ | 21 | 9 | Hans Joachim Stuck | ATS • Ford Cosworth | 49 | push start | ||
| 15 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams • Ford Cosworth | 48 | engine | |||
| 14 | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow • Ford Cosworth | 47 | collision | |||
| 9 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows • Ford Cosworth | 40 | brakes | |||
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus • Ford Cosworth | 21 | transmission | |||
| 16 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar • Ford Cosworth | 19 | transmission | |||
| 22 | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario • Ford Cosworth | 13 | engine | |||
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier • Ford Cosworth | 8 | brakes | |||
| 8 | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf • Ford Cosworth | 0 | transmission | |||
| 11 | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham • Alfa Romeo | 0 | collision | |||
| 19 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren • Ford Cosworth | 0 | collision | |||
| DNS | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | injury | ||||
| DNS | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | withdrew |
Fastest lap - 01:21.200 - 144.133 km/h - Gilles Villeneuve