Watkins Glen · 2 October 1966
Jim Clark won the 1966 United States Grand Prix for Lotus-BRM from 2nd on the grid, ahead of Jochen Rindt. Peter Arundell gained the most places, from 19th on the grid to 6th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooper-Maserati Rindt 6 + Surtees 4 + Siffert 3 + Bonnier 0 | Rindt 6 + Surtees 4 + Siffert 3 + Bonnier 0 | 13 | |
| 2 | Lotus-BRM Clark 9 + Spence 0 + Rodríguez 0 | Clark 9 + Spence 0 + Rodríguez 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | McLaren-Ford McLaren 2 | McLaren 2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Lotus-Climax Arundell 1 | Arundell 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | BRM Ireland 0 + Stewart 0 + Hill 0 | Ireland 0 + Stewart 0 + Hill 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Honda Ginther 0 + Bucknum 0 | Ginther 0 + Bucknum 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Brabham-Repco Brabham 0 + Hulme 0 | Brabham 0 + Hulme 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ferrari Bandini 0 | Bandini 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Eagle-Weslake Gurney 0 | Gurney 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Eagle-Climax Bondurant 0 | Bondurant 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Clark Lotus-BRM | Lotus-BRM | 2:09:40.110 | 108 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Jochen Rindt Cooper-Maserati | Cooper-Maserati | DNF Out of fuel | 107 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | John Surtees Cooper-Maserati | Cooper-Maserati | +1 Lap | 107 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Jo Siffert Cooper-Maserati | Cooper-Maserati | +3 Laps | 105 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Bruce McLaren McLaren-Ford | McLaren-Ford | +3 Laps | 105 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Peter Arundell Lotus-Climax | Lotus-Climax | +7 Laps | 101 | — | 1 | |
| DNF | Innes Ireland BRM | BRM | DNF Alternator | 96 | — | — | |
| NC | Richie Ginther Honda | Honda | NC | 81 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mike Spence Lotus-BRM | Lotus-BRM | DNF Ignition | 74 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ronnie Bucknum Honda | Honda | DNF Engine | 58 | — | — | |
| NC | Jo Bonnier Cooper-Maserati | Cooper-Maserati | NC | 57 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco | Brabham-Repco | DNF Engine | 55 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jackie Stewart BRM | BRM | DNF Engine | 53 | — | — | |
| DNF | Graham Hill BRM | BRM | DNF Differential | 52 | — | — | |
| DNF | Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 34 | — | — | |
| DNF | Denny Hulme Brabham-Repco | Brabham-Repco | DNF Engine | 18 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pedro Rodríguez Lotus-BRM | Lotus-BRM | DNF | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Dan Gurney Eagle-Weslake | Eagle-Weslake | DNF Clutch | 13 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Bob Bondurant Eagle-Climax | Eagle-Climax | DSQ | 5 | — | — |