Race results
Race startOctober 2, 1976 at 20:00Eastern Daylight Time
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1:40:09.626 | 80 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | +6.331 | 80 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | +10.366 | 80 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | Jody Scheckter | Tyrrell | +19.745 | 80 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 12 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | +41.811 | 80 | 11 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | Clay Regazzoni | Ferrari | +46.256 | 80 | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | 8 | Carlos Pace | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | +46.472 | 80 | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | +1:12.957 | 80 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | Ronnie Peterson | March | +1 Lap | 79 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | 28 | John Watson | Penske | +1 Lap | 79 | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | 16 | Tom Pryce | Shadow | +1 Lap | 79 | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 79 | 15 | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign | +1 Lap | 79 | 16 | 0 |
| 14 | 9 | Vittorio Brambilla | March | +1 Lap | 79 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | Brett Lunger | Surtees | +2 Laps | 78 | 22 | 0 |
| 16 | 19 | Alan Jones | Surtees | +2 Laps | 78 | 20 | 0 |
| 17 | 7 | Larry Perkins | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | +2 Laps | 78 | 19 | 0 |
| 18 | 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Shadow | +3 Laps | 77 | 18 | 0 |
| 19 | 38 | Henri Pescarolo | Surtees | +3 Laps | 77 | 21 | 0 |
| 20 | 25 | Guy Edwards | Hesketh | +5 Laps | 75 | 23 | 0 |
| - | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | DNF (Oil pressure) | 43 | 9 | 0 |
| - | 30 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF (Exhaust) | 41 | 17 | 0 |
| - | 34 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | March | DNF (Handling) | 36 | 8 | 0 |
| - | 20 | Arturo Merzario | Wolf | DNF (Accident) | 11 | 24 | 0 |
| - | 24 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh | DNS (Accident) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 21 | Chris Amon | Wolf | DNS (Accident) | 0 | 0 | 0 |