Watkins Glen 7th October
1st Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari
2nd Rene Arnoux Renault
3rd Didier Pironi Tyrrell Ford
Fastest lap Nelson Piquet
Grid
1st Alan Jones
2nd Nelson Piquet
3rd Gilles Villeneuve
4th Jacques Laffite
5th Clay Regazzoni
6th Carlos Reutemann
The illustration by Michael Turner shows Gilles Villeneuve No.12, Mario Andretti No.1 Jacques Laffite No.26, Jean-Pierre Jabouille No.15, Alan Jones No.27, Ricardo Zunino No.5 and Didier Pironi No.3.