March 28, 1976 Long Beach Street Circuit | Lap distance 3.251 km
Report | Articles (2) | Photos (8) | 1976 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 2 | Clay Regazzoni (SUI) | Ferrari 312T | Ferrari 312B | Goodyear | 80 | 1:53'18.471 | 1 | 1'23.099 | 1 | 1'23.076 | (61) | |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | Niki Lauda (AUT) | Ferrari 312T | Ferrari 312B | Goodyear | 80 | 1:54'00.885 | +42.414 | 4 | 1'23.647 | 2 | 1'23.625 | (57) |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Patrick Depailler (FRA) | Tyrrell 007 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 80 | 1:54'08.443 | +49.972 | 2 | 1'23.292 | 4 | 1'23.892 | (69) |
| 4 | 3 | 26 | Jacques Laffite (FRA) | Ligier JS5 | Matra MS73 | Goodyear | 80 | 1:54'31.299 | +1'12.828 | 12 | 1'24.442 | 3 | 1'23.683 | (65) |
| 5 | 2 | 12 | Jochen Mass (GER) | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 80 | 1:54'40.763 | +1'22.292 | 14 | 1'24.541 | 5 | 1'24.109 | (61) |
| 6 | 1 | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi (BRA) | Fittipaldi FD04 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 79 | 1:53'57.738 | +1 lap | 16 | 1'24.779 | 7 | 1'24.465 | (56) |
| 7 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier (FRA) | Shadow DN5B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 79 | 1:54'08.108 | +1 lap | 7 | 1'24.163 | 10 | 1'24.804 | (52) | |
| 8 | 22 | Chris Amon (NZL) | Ensign N174 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 78 | 1:53'46.216 | +2 laps | 17 | 1'24.803 | 13 | 1'25.143 | (53) | |
| 9 | 8 | Carlos Pace (BRA) | Brabham BT45 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 77 | 1:53'29.178 | +3 laps | 13 | 1'24.472 | 8 | 1'24.591 | (59) | |
| 10 | 10 | Ronnie Peterson (SWE) | March 761 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 77 | 1:54'27.358 | +3 laps | 6 | 1'24.157 | 12 | 1'25.052 | (25) | |
| Not classified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 19 | Alan Jones (AUS) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 70 | 1:53'45.245 | 19 | 1'25.214 | 9 | 1'24.614 | (62) | ||
| -- | 28 | John Watson (GBR) | Penske PC3 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 69 | 1:53'30.197 | 9 | 1'24.170 | 6 | 1'24.124 | (62) | ||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| suspension | 3 | Jody Scheckter (RSA) | Tyrrell 007 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 34 | 11 | 1'24.344 | 14 | 1'25.279 | (32) | |||
| halfshaft | 16 | Tom Pryce (GBR) | Shadow DN5B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 32 | 5 | 1'23.677 | 11 | 1'24.853 | (32) | |||
| water leak | 27 | Mario Andretti (USA) | Parnelli VPJ4B | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 15 | 15 | 1'24.566 | 15 | 1'26.622 | (14) | |||
| accident | 11 | James Hunt (GBR) | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 3 | 3 | 1'23.420 | 16 | 1'27.985 | (3) | |||
| accident | 34 | Hans-Joachim Stuck (GER) | March 761 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 2 | 18 | 1'25.122 | 17 | 1'33.447 | (2) | |||
| accident | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla (ITA) | March 761 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 8 | 1'24.168 | ||||||
| accident | 7 | Carlos Reutemann (ARG) | Brabham BT45 | Alfa Romeo 115-12 | Goodyear | 0 | 10 | 1'24.265 | ||||||
| suspension | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson (SWE) | Team Lotus 77 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 0 | 20 | 1'25.277 | ||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 21 | Michel Leclère (FRA) | Wolf-Williams FW05 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'25.436 | ||||||||
| -- | 31 | Ingo Hoffmann (BRA) | Fittipaldi FD04 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'25.557 | ||||||||
| -- | 35 | Arturo Merzario (ITA) | March 761 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'25.737 | ||||||||
| -- | 5 | Bob Evans (GBR) | Team Lotus 77 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'25.890 | ||||||||
| -- | 20 | Jacky Ickx (BEL) | Wolf-Williams FW05 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'26.528 | ||||||||
| -- | 24 | Harald Ertl (AUT) | Hesketh 308D | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'26.824 | ||||||||
| -- | 18 | Brett Lunger (USA) | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 1'26.828 | ||||||||
