Gran Premio de EEUU 1979: Resultados de la carrera
| Pos. | No. | Piloto | Escuderia | Puntos | Tiempo | Vueltas | Parrilla | Vuelta rápida |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 9 | 1:52:17.734 | 59 | 3 | |
| 2 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 6 | +48.787 | 59 | 7 | |
| 3 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 4 | +53.199 | 59 | 10 | |
| 4 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 3 | +1:30.512 | 59 | 20 | |
| 5 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 2 | +1:41.259 | 59 | 14 | |
| 6 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren | 1 | +1 vuelta | 58 | 13 | |
| 7 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 0 | +5 vueltas | 54 | 23 | |
| 8 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 0 | Transmisión | 53 | 2 | |
| 9 | 33 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 0 | DNF | 52 | 15 | |
| 10 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 0 | DNF | 48 | 16 | |
| 11 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 0 | Suspensión | 44 | 19 | |
| 12 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 0 | DNF | 36 | 1 | |
| 13 | 22 | Marc Surer | Ensign | 0 | Motor | 32 | 21 | |
| 14 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 0 | Accidente | 29 | 5 | |
| 15 | 5 | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham-Ford | 0 | DNF | 25 | 9 | |
| 16 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 0 | Motor | 24 | 8 | |
| 17 | 20 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 0 | Accidente | 20 | 12 | |
| 18 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 0 | Motor | 20 | 22 | |
| 19 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 0 | Accidente | 18 | 11 | |
| 20 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 0 | Caja de cambios | 16 | 17 | |
| 21 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 0 | DNF | 6 | 6 | |
| 22 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 0 | DNF | 3 | 4 | |
| 23 | 25 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 0 | DNF | 2 | 24 | |
| 24 | 35 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 0 | DNF | 0 | 18 | |
| 25 | 36 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 0 | +59 vueltas | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 0 | +59 vueltas | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 0 | +59 vueltas | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | 31 | Hector Rebaque | Rebaque | 0 | +59 vueltas | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | 19 | Alex Ribeiro | Fittipaldi | 0 | +59 vueltas | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 0 | +59 vueltas | 0 | 0 |
