Long Beach · 28 March 1976
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Regazzoni 9 + Lauda 6 | Regazzoni 9 + Lauda 6 | 15 | |
| 2 | Tyrrell Depailler 4 + Scheckter 0 | Depailler 4 + Scheckter 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Ligier Laffite 3 | Laffite 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | McLaren Mass 2 + Hunt 0 | Mass 2 + Hunt 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 1 | Fittipaldi 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Shadow Jarier 0 + Pryce 0 | Jarier 0 + Pryce 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ensign Amon 0 | Amon 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo Pace 0 + Reutemann 0 | Pace 0 + Reutemann 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | March Peterson 0 + Stuck 0 + Brambilla 0 | Peterson 0 + Stuck 0 + Brambilla 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Surtees Jones 0 | Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Penske Watson 0 | Watson 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Parnelli Andretti 0 | Andretti 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Team Lotus Nilsson 0 | Nilsson 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clay Regazzoni Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:53:18.471 | 80 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Niki Lauda Ferrari | Ferrari | +42.414s | 80 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +49.972s | 80 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +1:12.828 | 80 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Jochen Mass McLaren | McLaren | +1:22.292 | 80 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1 Lap | 79 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow | Shadow | +1 Lap | 79 | — | — | |
| 8 | Chris Amon Ensign | Ensign | +2 Laps | 78 | — | — | |
| 9 | Carlos Pace Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | +3 Laps | 77 | — | — | |
| 10 | Ronnie Peterson March | March | +3 Laps | 77 | — | — | |
| 11 | Alan Jones Surtees | Surtees | DNF Not classified | 70 | — | — | |
| 12 | John Watson Penske | Penske | DNF Not classified | 69 | — | — | |
| 13 | Jody Scheckter Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Suspension | 34 | — | — | |
| 14 | Tom Pryce Shadow | Shadow | DNF Halfshaft | 32 | — | — | |
| 15 | Mario Andretti Parnelli | Parnelli | DNF Water leak | 15 | — | — | |
| 16 | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | DNF Accident | 3 | — | — | |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck March | March | DNF Accident | 2 | — | — | |
| 18 | Vittorio Brambilla March | March | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| 19 | Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| 20 | Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Suspension | 0 | — | — |