Watkins Glen · 2 October 1977
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Hunt 9 + Lunger 0 + Mass 0 | Hunt 9 + Lunger 0 + Mass 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Team Lotus Andretti 6 + Nilsson 0 | Andretti 6 + Nilsson 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Wolf Scheckter 4 | Scheckter 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ferrari Lauda 3 + Reutemann 1 | Lauda 3 + Reutemann 1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Ensign Regazzoni 2 | Regazzoni 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | Ligier Laffite 0 | Laffite 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Hesketh Keegan 0 + Ashley 0 | Keegan 0 + Ashley 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Shadow Jarier 0 + Jones 0 | Jarier 0 + Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Surtees Binder 0 + Brambilla 0 | Binder 0 + Brambilla 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Brabham Watson 0 + Stuck 0 | Watson 0 + Stuck 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Tyrrell Depailler 0 + Peterson 0 | Depailler 0 + Peterson 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | March Ribeiro 0 + Nève 0 + Scheckter 0 | Ribeiro 0 + Nève 0 + Scheckter 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Renault Jabouille 0 | Jabouille 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Penske Ongais 0 | Ongais 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | 1:58:23.267 | 59 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +2.026s | 59 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter Wolf | Wolf | +1:18.879 | 59 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Niki Lauda Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:40.615 | 59 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Clay Regazzoni Ensign | Ensign | +1:48.138 | 59 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | Ferrari | — | 58 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | — | 58 | — | — | |
| 8 | Rupert Keegan Hesketh | Hesketh | — | 58 | — | — | |
| 9 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow | Shadow | — | 58 | — | — | |
| 10 | Brett Lunger McLaren | McLaren | — | 57 | — | — | |
| 11 | Hans Binder Surtees | Surtees | — | 57 | — | — | |
| 12 | John Watson Brabham | Brabham | — | 57 | — | — | |
| 13 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | — | 57 | — | — | |
| 14 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | — | 56 | — | — | |
| 15 | Alex Ribeiro March | March | — | 56 | — | — | |
| 16 | Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell | Tyrrell | — | 56 | — | — | |
| 17 | Ian Ashley Hesketh | Hesketh | — | 55 | — | — | |
| 18 | Patrick Nève March | March | — | 55 | — | — | |
| 19 | Vittorio Brambilla Surtees | Surtees | — | 54 | — | — | |
| 20 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | — | 30 | — | — | |
| 21 | Gunnar Nilsson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | — | 17 | — | — | |
| 22 | Hans-Joachim Stuck Brabham | Brabham | — | 14 | — | — | |
| 23 | Ian Scheckter March | March | — | 10 | — | — | |
| 24 | Jochen Mass McLaren | McLaren | — | 8 | — | — | |
| 25 | Danny Ongais Penske | Penske | — | 6 | — | — | |
| 26 | Alan Jones Shadow | Shadow | — | 3 | — | — |