Watkins Glen · 6 October 1974
Carlos Reutemann won the 1974 United States Grand Prix for Brabham from 1st on the grid, 10.735s ahead of Carlos Pace. Graham Hill gained the most places, from 24th on the grid to 8th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brabham Reutemann 9 + Pace 6 + Watson 2 | Reutemann 9 + Pace 6 + Watson 2 | 17 | |
| 2 | Hesketh Hunt 4 | Hunt 4 | 4 | |
| 3 | McLaren Fittipaldi 3 + Mass 0 + Hulme 0 | Fittipaldi 3 + Mass 0 + Hulme 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Depailler 1 + Scheckter 0 | Depailler 1 + Scheckter 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Lola Hill 0 + Stommelen 0 | Hill 0 + Stommelen 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | BRM Amon 0 | Amon 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Shadow Jarier 0 + Pryce 0 | Jarier 0 + Pryce 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ferrari Regazzoni 0 + Lauda 0 | Regazzoni 0 + Lauda 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Team Lotus Peterson 0 + Ickx 0 + Schenken 0 | Peterson 0 + Ickx 0 + Schenken 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Ensign Wilds 0 | Wilds 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Iso Marlboro Merzario 0 + Laffite 0 | Merzario 0 + Laffite 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Penske Donohue 0 | Donohue 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Surtees Dolhem 0 + Koinigg 0 | Dolhem 0 + Koinigg 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | March Brambilla 0 | Brambilla 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Parnelli Andretti 0 | Andretti 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Reutemann Brabham | Brabham | 1:40:21.439 | 59 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Carlos Pace Brabham | Brabham | +10.735s | 59 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | James Hunt Hesketh | Hesketh | +1:10.384 | 59 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren | McLaren | +1:17.753 | 59 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | John Watson Brabham | Brabham | +1:25.804 | 59 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1:27.506 | 59 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jochen Mass McLaren | McLaren | +1:30.012 | 59 | — | — | |
| 8 | Graham Hill Lola | Lola | +1 Lap | 58 | — | — | |
| 9 | Chris Amon BRM | BRM | +2 Laps | 57 | — | — | |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow | Shadow | +2 Laps | 57 | — | — | |
| 11 | Clay Regazzoni Ferrari | Ferrari | +4 Laps | 55 | — | — | |
| 12 | Rolf Stommelen Lola | Lola | +5 Laps | 54 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Fuel system | 52 | — | — | |
| NC | Mike Wilds Ensign | Ensign | NC | 50 | — | — | |
| NC | Tom Pryce Shadow | Shadow | NC | 47 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jody Scheckter Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Fuel system | 44 | — | — | |
| DNF | Arturo Merzario Iso Marlboro | Iso Marlboro | DNF Electrical | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Suspension | 38 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Iso Marlboro | Iso Marlboro | DNF Engine | 31 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mark Donohue Penske | Penske | DNF Suspension | 27 | — | — | |
| DNF | José Dolhem Surtees | Surtees | DNF Withdrew | 25 | — | — | |
| DNF | Vittorio Brambilla March | March | DNF Fuel system | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Helmuth Koinigg Surtees | Surtees | DNF Fatal accident | 9 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacky Ickx Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Suspension | 7 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Tim Schenken Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DSQ | 6 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Mario Andretti Parnelli | Parnelli | DSQ | 4 | — | — | |
| DNF | Denny Hulme McLaren | McLaren | DNF Engine | 4 | — | — |