Race results
Race startOctober 8, 1977 at 20:00Eastern Daylight Time
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 1:40:00 | 80 | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | +6.770 | 80 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | +15.760 | 80 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 17 | Alan Jones | Shadow | +46.690 | 80 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 23 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign | +1:03.260 | 80 | 16 | 2 |
| - | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | DNF (Accident) | 78 | 15 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 | Danny Ongais | Penske | +2 Laps | 78 | 22 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | Alex Ribeiro | March | +2 Laps | 78 | 23 | 0 |
| - | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | DNF (Engine) | 77 | 1 | 0 |
| - | 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow | DNF (Spun off) | 76 | 8 | 0 |
| - | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | DNF (Engine) | 76 | 20 | 0 |
| - | 21 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | DNF (Transmission) | 76 | 17 | 0 |
| - | 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | DNF (Accident) | 61 | 2 | 0 |
| - | 27 | Patrick Nève | March | DNF (Engine) | 56 | 21 | 0 |
| - | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | DNF (Fuel leak) | 34 | 3 | 0 |
| - | 24 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh | DNF (Accident) | 32 | 25 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Hans Binder | Surtees | DNF (Accident) | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| - | 10 | Ian Scheckter | March | DNF (Engine) | 29 | 18 | 0 |
| - | 28 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | DNF (Engine) | 29 | 19 | 0 |
| - | 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | DNF (Fuel system) | 20 | 12 | 0 |
| - | 8 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | DNF (Engine) | 19 | 13 | 0 |
| - | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | DNF (Accident) | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| - | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | DNF (Transmission) | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| - | 7 | John Watson | Brabham | DNF (Suspension) | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| - | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| - | 25 | Ian Ashley | Hesketh | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |