United States Grand Prix West

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The United States Grand Prix West was a race held at Long Beach, California, as a Formula 5000 race in 1975 and a Formula One championship event from 1976 to 1983. After 1983 the event returned as the Long Beach Grand Prix of the CART series.

With the Watkins Glen track on the downslope during the mid-70s, the USGP West was created, making the US just the second country (after Italy) to host two Championship F1 events in the same season. The street circuit was an immediate success from its first race in 1976, and it became the U.S.'s answer to the Monaco Grand Prix. The layout of the downtown course changed three times over its eight-year run, but all featured a sweeping "straight" (actually a long right-hander) down Shoreline Drive along the harbor. In the final event in 1983, John Watson won from 22nd place on the grid, the farthest back from which a modern Grand Prix driver had ever come to win a race.

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[edit] Winners of the United States Grands Prix West

Events which were not part of the Formula One World Championship are indicated by a pink background.

Year	Driver	Constructor	Location	Report
1983	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Watson	McLaren-Ford	Long Beach	Report
1982	Image:Flag of Austria.svg Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford	Long Beach	Report
1981	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Alan Jones	Williams-Ford	Long Beach	Report
1980	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet	Brabham-Ford	Long Beach	Report
1979	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Long Beach	Report
1978	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	Long Beach	Report
1977	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Mario Andretti	Lotus-Ford	Long Beach	Report
1976	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari	Long Beach	Report
1975	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Redman	Lola-Chevrolet	Long Beach	Report