Long Beach · 28 March 1976
Clay Regazzoni won the 1976 United States Grand Prix West for Ferrari from 1st on the grid, 42.414s ahead of Niki Lauda. Emerson Fittipaldi gained the most places, from 16th on the grid to 6th.
| 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 | — | — | |
| NC | Alan Jones Surtees | Surtees | NC | 70 | — | — | |
| NC | John Watson Penske | Penske | NC | 69 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jody Scheckter Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Suspension | 34 | — | — | |
| DNF | Tom Pryce Shadow | Shadow | DNF Halfshaft | 32 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti Parnelli | Parnelli | DNF Water leak | 15 | — | — | |
| DNF | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | DNF Accident | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hans-Joachim Stuck March | March | DNF Accident | 2 | — | — | |
| DNF | Vittorio Brambilla March | March | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Suspension | 0 | — | — |