United States Grand Prix West
Long Beach
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell |
| 3 | James Hunt | McLaren |
| 4 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari |
| 5 | Tom Pryce | Shadow |
| 6 | Ronnie Peterson | March |
| 7 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow |
| 8 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus |
| 9 | John Watson | Penske |
| 10 | Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 11 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell |
| 12 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier |
| 13 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 14 | Jochen Mass | McLaren |
| 15 | Mario Andretti | Parnelli |
| 16 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi |
| 17 | Chris Amon | Ensign |
| 18 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March |
| 19 | Alan Jones | Surtees |
| 20 | Vittorio Brambilla | March |