1974 United States Grand Prix

1974 United States Grand Prix
Race details
Date	October 6, 1974
Official name	XVII United States Grand Prix
Location	Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course Watkins Glen, New York
Course	Permanent road course
Course length	5.435 km (3.377 miles)
Distance	59 laps, 320.67 km (199.24 miles)
Weather	Clear, warm
Pole position
Driver	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford
Time	1:38.978
Fastest lap
Driver	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford
Time	1:40.608 on lap 54
Podium
First	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford
Second	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford
Third	James Hunt	Hesketh-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1974 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on October 6, 1974, at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course in Watkins Glen, New York. It was race 15 of 15 in both the 1974 World Championship of Drivers and the 1974 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.^[1]

Carlos Reutemann won from the pole, ahead of Brabham teammate Carlos Pace, while Emerson Fittipaldi's fourth place clinched his second World Championship in three years and the first for Team McLaren. American Mario Andretti, after qualifying in an excellent third position, was disqualified when the engine in his Parnelli stalled on the grid and his crew push started him.

This was the last race for the 1967 world champion Denny Hulme, who scored 8 wins and 33 podiums in 112 starts. The race also saw the death of Austrian driver Helmuth Koinigg, who was driving in only his second Grand Prix.