1976 Grand Prix of United States west
10 October - long Beach: 80 laps x 3.251 km = 260.070 km

 Pole Position: C Regazzoni Ferrari 1 m23.099s
 Fastest Lap: 140.873 km/h C Regazzoni Ferrari 1 m23.076s

Results:

 1   C Regazzoni  Ferrari        1 h 53m 18.471s
 2   N Lauda      Ferrari        1 h 54m 00.885s
 3   P Depailler  Tyrrell        1 h 54m 08.443s
 4   J Laffite    Ligier         1 h 54m 31.299s
 5   J Mass       McLaren        1 h 54m 40.763s
 6   E Fittipaldi Copersucar     79
 7   J-P Jarier   Shadow         79
 8   C Amon       Ensign         78
 9   C Pace       Brabham        77
 10  R Peterson   March          77

Not Classified:

     A Jones      Surtees        70
     J Watson     Penske         69

Did Not Finish:

     J Scheckter  Tyrrell        34 suspension
     T Pryce      Shadow         32 drive shaft
     M Andretti   Parnelli       15 water leak
     J Hunt       McLaren         3 accident
     H-J Stuck    March           2 accident
     G Nilsson    Lotus           0 suspension/ accident
     C Reuternann Brabham         0 accident
     V Brambilla  March           0 accident

Did Not Qualify:

     M Leclere    Wolf Williams
     I Hoffman    Copersucar
     A Merzarlo   March
     B Evans      Lotus 
     J Ickx       Wolf Williams
     H Ertl       Hesketh
     B Lunger     Surtees

Qualifying Times:

1 2    Clay Regazzoni   Ferrari             1'23.099
2 4    P.Depailler      Tyrrell/Ford        1'23.292
3 11   James Hunt       McLaren/Ford        1'23.420
4 1    Niki Lauda       Ferrari             1'23.647
5 16   Tom Pryce        Shadow/Ford         1'23.677
6 10   Ronnie Peterson  March/Ford          1'24.157
7 17   J.P.Jarier       Shadow/Ford         1'24.163
8 9    V.Brambilla      March/Ford          1'24.168
9 28   John Watson      Penske/Ford         1'24.170
10 7   Carlos Reutemann Brabham/Alfa Romeo  1'24.265
11 3   Jody Scheckter   Tyrrell/Ford        1'24.344
12 26  Jacques Laffite  Ligier/Matra        1'24.442
13 8   Carlos Pace      Brabham/Alfa Romeo  1'24.472
14 12  Jochen Mass      McLaren/Ford        1'24.541
15 27  Mario Andretti   Parnelli/Ford       1'24.566
16 30  E.Fittipaldi     Fittipaldi/Ford     1'24.779
17 22  Chris Amon       Ensign/Ford         1'24.803
18 34  H.J.Stuck        March/Ford          1'25.122
19 19  Alan Jones       Surtees/Ford        1'25.214
20 6   Gunnar Nilsson   Lotus/Ford          1'25.277
 Not qualified 
21 21  Michel Leclere   Wolf-Williams/Ford  1'25.436
22 31  Ingo Hoffman     Fittipaldi/Ford     1'25.557
23 35  Arturo Merzario  March/Ford          1'25.737
24 5   Bob Evans        Lotus/Ford          1'25.890
25 20  Jacky Ickx       Wolf-Williams/Ford  1'26.528
26 24  Harald Ertl      Hesketh/Ford        1'26.824
27 18  Brett Lunger     Surtees/Ford        1'26.828