United States Grand Prix West
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time/Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:51:35.470 | 9.0 |
| 2 | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | 1 | +0.773 | 6.0 |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 3 | +4.857 | 4.0 |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 12 | +1:14.487 | 3.0 |
| 5 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 7 | +1:20.908 | 2.0 |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Penske | 9 | +1 Lap | 1.0 |
| 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | 8 | +1 Lap | |
| 8 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 16 | +1 Lap | |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | Electrical | |
| 10 | Brian Henton | March | 18 | +3 Laps | |
| 11 | Hans Binder | Surtees | 19 | +3 Laps | |
| R | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 10 | Fuel system | |
| R | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 13 | Gearbox | |
| R | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 17 | Brakes | |
| R | Alan Jones | Shadow | 14 | Gearbox | |
| R | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 15 | Handling | |
| D | John Watson | Brabham | 6 | Disqualified | |
| R | Renzo Zorzi | Shadow | 20 | Gearbox | |
| R | Alex Ribeiro | March | 22 | Gearbox | |
| R | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 4 | Accident | |
| R | Brett Lunger | March | 21 | Accident | |
| R | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 11 | Accident |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time/Status | Points |
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