Long Beach · 30 March 1980
Nelson Piquet won the 1980 United States Grand Prix West for Brabham from 1st on the grid, 49.212s ahead of Riccardo Patrese. Emerson Fittipaldi gained the most places, from 24th on the grid to 3rd.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brabham Piquet 9 + Zunino 0 | Piquet 9 + Zunino 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Arrows Patrese 6 + Mass 0 | Patrese 6 + Mass 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Fittipaldi Fittipaldi 4 + Rosberg 0 | Fittipaldi 4 + Rosberg 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | McLaren Watson 3 | Watson 3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Ferrari Scheckter 2 + Villeneuve 0 | Scheckter 2 + Villeneuve 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Ligier Pironi 1 + Laffite 0 | Pironi 1 + Laffite 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Tyrrell Daly 0 + Jarier 0 | Daly 0 + Jarier 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Renault Arnoux 0 + Jabouille 0 | Arnoux 0 + Jabouille 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Ensign Regazzoni 0 | Regazzoni 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Alfa Romeo Giacomelli 0 + Depailler 0 | Giacomelli 0 + Depailler 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Williams Jones 0 + Reutemann 0 | Jones 0 + Reutemann 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Osella Cheever 0 | Cheever 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Team Lotus de Angelis 0 + Andretti 0 | de Angelis 0 + Andretti 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | ATS Lammers 0 | Lammers 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet Brabham | Brabham | 1:50:19.400 | 80 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Riccardo Patrese Arrows | Arrows | +49.212s | 80 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Emerson Fittipaldi Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | +1:18.563 | 80 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | John Watson McLaren | McLaren | +1 Lap | 79 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Jody Scheckter Ferrari | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 79 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Didier Pironi Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 79 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jochen Mass Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 79 | — | — | |
| 8 | Derek Daly Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 79 | — | — | |
| 9 | René Arnoux Renault | Renault | +2 Laps | 78 | — | — | |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille Renault | Renault | +9 Laps | 71 | — | — | |
| DNF | Keke Rosberg Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF Overheating | 58 | — | — | |
| DNF | Clay Regazzoni Ensign | Ensign | DNF Accident | 50 | — | — | |
| DNF | Bruno Giacomelli Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Accident | 49 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Williams | Williams | DNF Accident | 47 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Transmission | 46 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Depailler Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | DNF Suspension | 40 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Puncture | 36 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever Osella | Osella | DNF Transmission | 11 | — | — | |
| DNF | Carlos Reutemann Williams | Williams | DNF Transmission | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Accident | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Elio de Angelis Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jan Lammers ATS | ATS | DNF Transmission | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mario Andretti Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ricardo Zunino Brabham | Brabham | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — |