Long Beach · 8 April 1979
Gilles Villeneuve won the 1979 United States Grand Prix West for Ferrari from 1st on the grid, 29.38s ahead of Jody Scheckter. Elio de Angelis gained the most places, from 20th on the grid to 7th.
| 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 de Angelis 0 + Lammers 0 | de 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 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Didier Pironi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DSQ | 72 | — | — | |
| DNF | Hector Rebaque Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 71 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Daly Ensign | Ensign | DNF Accident | 69 | — | — | |
| DNF | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | DNF Injection | 62 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Hans-Joachim Stuck ATS | ATS | DSQ | 49 | — | — | |
| DNF | Clay Regazzoni Williams | Williams | DNF Engine | 48 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jan Lammers Shadow | Shadow | DNF Suspension | 47 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | DNF Brakes | 40 | — | — | |
| DNF | Carlos Reutemann Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Transmission | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Transmission | 19 | — | — | |
| DNF | Arturo Merzario Merzario | Merzario | DNF Engine | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Brakes | 8 | — | — | |
| DNF | James Hunt Wolf | Wolf | DNF Transmission | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Niki Lauda Brabham-Alfa Romeo | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay McLaren | McLaren | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| DNS | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | DNS Withdrew | 0 | — | — | |
| DNS | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | DNS Withdrew | 0 | — | — |