Long Beach · 8 April 1979
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Villeneuve 9 + Scheckter 6 | Villeneuve 9 + Scheckter 6 | 15 | |
| 2 | Williams Jones 4 + Regazzoni 0 | Jones 4 + Regazzoni 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Team Lotus Andretti 3 + Rebaque 0 + Reutemann 0 | Andretti 3 + Rebaque 0 + Reutemann 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ligier Depailler 2 + Laffite 0 | Depailler 2 + Laffite 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Tyrrell Jarier 1 + Pironi 0 | Jarier 1 + Pironi 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Shadow Angelis 0 + Lammers 0 | Angelis 0 + Lammers 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Brabham-Alfa Romeo Piquet 0 + Lauda 0 | Piquet 0 + Lauda 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Arrows Mass 0 + Patrese 0 | Mass 0 + Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Ensign Daly 0 | Daly 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | McLaren Watson 0 + Tambay 0 | Watson 0 + Tambay 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | ATS Stuck 0 | Stuck 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 0 | Fittipaldi 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Merzario Merzario 0 | Merzario 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Wolf Hunt 0 | Hunt 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Renault Arnoux 0 + Jabouille 0 | Arnoux 0 + Jabouille 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:50:25.400 | 80 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | Ferrari | +29.380s | 80 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | +59.690s | 80 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1:04.330 | 80 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler Ligier | Ligier | +1:23.520 | 80 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 79 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis Shadow | Shadow | +2 Laps | 78 | — | — | |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | +2 Laps | 78 | — | — | |
| 9 | Jochen Mass Arrows | Arrows | +2 Laps | 78 | — | — | |
| 10 | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DSQ | 72 | — | — | |
| 11 | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 71 | — | — | |
| 12 | Derek Daly Ensign | Ensign | DNF Accident | 69 | — | — | |
| 13 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | DNF Injection | 62 | — | — | |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS | ATS | DSQ | 49 | — | — | |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni Williams | Williams | DNF Engine | 48 | — | — | |
| 16 | Jan Lammers Shadow | Shadow | DNF Suspension | 47 | — | — | |
| 17 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Brakes | 40 | — | — | |
| 18 | Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Transmission | 21 | — | — | |
| 19 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Transmission | 19 | — | — | |
| 20 | Arturo Merzario Merzario | Merzario | DNF Engine | 13 | — | — | |
| 21 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Brakes | 8 | — | — | |
| 22 | James Hunt Wolf | Wolf | DNF Transmission | 0 | — | — | |
| 23 | Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| 24 | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| 25 | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | DNF Withdrew | 0 | — | — | |
| 26 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | DNF Withdrew | 0 | — | — |