1976 Grand Prix of United States East
10 October - Watkins Glen: 59 laps x 5.435 km = 320.651 km


 Pole Position: J Hunt Mclaren 1 m43.622s
 Fastest Lap: 190.228 km/h J Hunt Mclaren 1 m42.851s

Results:

 1   J Hunt         McLaren        1 h 42m 40.741s
 2   J Scheckter    Tyrrell        1 h 42m 48.771s
 3   N Lauda        Ferrari        1 h 43m 43.065s
 4   J Mass         McLaren        1 h 43m 43.199s
 5   H-J Stuck      March          1 h 43m 48.719s
 6   J Watson       Penske         1 h 43m 48.931s
 7   C Regazzoni    Ferrari        58
 8   A Jones        Surtees        58
 9   E Fittipaldi   Copersucar     57
 10  J-P Jarier     Shadow         57
 11  B Lunger       Surtees        57
 12  A-D Ribeiro    Hesketh        57
 13  H Ertl         Hesketh        54
 14  W Brown        Wolf Williams  54

Not Classified:

     H Pescarolo    Surtees        48

Did Not Finish:

     T Pryce        Shadow         45 engine
     J Laffiie      Ligier         34 tyre burst/ suspension
     V Brnmbilla    March          34 tyre burst
     C Pace         Brabham        31 accident
     L Perkins      Brabham        30 front suspension
     M Andretti     Lotus          23 suspension
     J Ickx         Ensign         14 accident
     G Nilsson      Lotus          13 engine
     R Peterson     March          12 front suspension
     A Merzario     Wolf Williams   9 spin
     P Depailler    Tyrrell         7 fuel line

Did Not Qualify:

     O Stuppacher   Tyrrell

Qualifying Times:

1 11   James Hunt      McLaren/Ford        1'43.622
2 3    Jody Scheckter  Tyrrell/Ford        1'43.870
3 10   Ronnie Peterson March/Ford          1'43.941
4 9    V.Brambilla     March/Ford          1'44.250
5 1    Niki Lauda      Ferrari             1'44.257
6 34   H.J.Stuck       March/Ford          1'44.265
7 4    P.Depailler     Tyrrell/Ford        1'44.516
8 28   John Watson     Penske/Ford         1'44.719
9 16   Tom Pryce       Shadow/Ford         1'45.102
10 8   Carlos Pace     Brabham/Alfa Romeo  1'45.274
11 5   Mario Andretti  Lotus/Ford          1'45.311
12 26  Jacques Laffite Ligier/Matra        1'45.324
13 7   Larry Perkins   Brabham/Alfa Romeo  1'45.363
14 2   Clay Regazzoni  Ferrari             1'45.534
15 30  E.Fittipaldi    Fittipaldi/Ford     1'45.646
16 17  J.P.Jarier      Shadow/Ford         1'45.979
17 12  Jochen Mass     McLaren/Ford        1'46.067
18 19  Alan Jones      Surtees/Ford        1'46.402
19 22  Jacky Ickx      Ensign/Ford         1'46.605
20 6   Gunnar Nilsson  Lotus/Ford          1'46.776
21 24  Harald Ertl     Hesketh/Ford        1'49.418
22 25  Alex Ribeiro    Hesketh/Ford        1'49.669
23 21  Warwick Brown   Wolf-Williams/Ford  1'51.124
24 18  Brett Lunger    Surtees/Ford        1'51.373
25 20  Arturo Merzario Wolf-Williams/Ford  2'00.932
26 38  Henri Pescarolo Surtees/Ford        2'05.211
 Not qualified 
27 39  Otto Stuppacher Tyrrell/Ford        2'11.070