Long Beach · 2 April 1978
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Reutemann 9 + Villeneuve 0 | Reutemann 9 + Villeneuve 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Team Lotus Andretti 6 + Peterson 3 | Andretti 6 + Peterson 3 | 9 | |
| 3 | Tyrrell Depailler 4 + Pironi 0 | Depailler 4 + Pironi 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ligier Laffite 2 | Laffite 2 | 2 | |
| 5 | Arrows Patrese 1 + Stommelen 0 | Patrese 1 + Stommelen 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Williams Jones 0 | Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Shadow Regazzoni 0 + Stuck 0 | Regazzoni 0 + Stuck 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | ATS Jarier 0 + Mass 0 | Jarier 0 + Mass 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | McLaren Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 | Tambay 0 + Hunt 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Wolf Scheckter 0 | Scheckter 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Surtees Brambilla 0 + Keegan 0 | Brambilla 0 + Keegan 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Renault Jabouille 0 | Jabouille 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Brabham Lauda 0 + Watson 0 | Lauda 0 + Watson 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Merzario Merzario 0 | Merzario 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Reutemann Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:52:01.301 | 80 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +11.061s | 80 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Patrick Depailler Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +28.951s | 80 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Ronnie Peterson Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +45.603s | 80 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +1:22.884 | 80 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | — | 79 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | — | 79 | — | — | |
| 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | — | 79 | — | — | |
| 9 | Rolf Stommelen Arrows | Arrows | — | 79 | — | — | |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni Shadow | Shadow | — | 79 | — | — | |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier ATS | ATS | — | 75 | — | — | |
| 12 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | — | 74 | — | — | |
| 13 | Jody Scheckter Wolf | Wolf | — | 59 | — | — | |
| 14 | Vittorio Brambilla Surtees | Surtees | — | 50 | — | — | |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | — | 43 | — | — | |
| 16 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | — | 38 | — | — | |
| 17 | Niki Lauda Brabham | Brabham | — | 27 | — | — | |
| 18 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | — | 25 | — | — | |
| 19 | Arturo Merzario Merzario | Merzario | — | 17 | — | — | |
| 20 | Jochen Mass ATS | ATS | — | 11 | — | — | |
| 21 | John Watson Brabham | Brabham | — | 9 | — | — | |
| 22 | James Hunt McLaren | McLaren | — | 5 | — | — | |
| 23 | Rupert Keegan Surtees | Surtees | — | 0 | — | — | |
| 24 | Hans-Joachim Stuck Shadow | Shadow | — | 0 | — | — |