| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 63 | 11,995 | running | 20 |
| 2 | 7 | Mike Mosley | 36 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 7801A/Cosworth TC | 63 | 8,045 | running | 1 |
| 3 | 10 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M24B 002/Cosworth TC | 63 | 6,070 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | Rick Mears | 9 | Roger Penske | Penske PC7/Cosworth TC | 63 | 4,439 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | Wally Dallenbach | 40 | Pat Patrick | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 63 | 3,726 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | Tom Bagley | 11 | Bobby Hillin | Penske PC6 005/Cosworth TC | 62 | 3,251 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 12 | Pancho Carter | 10 | Alex Morales | Lightning 77 ROMLIN4/Offenhauser TC | 61 | 2,895 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | Salt Walther | 77 | George Walther | Penske PC6 001/Cosworth TC | 61 | 2,420 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | Bill Alsup | 41 | William Alsup | McLaren M16C 4/Offenhauser TC | 61 | 2,183 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | Joe Saldana | 59 | Richard Hoffman | Lightning 77 ROMLIN7/Offenhauser TC | 61 | 1,425 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 19 | Tom Frantz | 18 | Tom Frantz | Wildcat I 2/DGS | 60 | 1,306 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | John Mahler | 92 | John Mahler | Eagle 72 Finley/DGS | 60 | 1,708 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 2 | Al Unser | 2 | Jim Hall | Chaparral 2K 01/Cosworth TC | 59 | 1,589 | running | 16 |
| 14 | 11 | Lee Kunzman | 21 | Larry Hamm | Parnelli VPJ6C 114/Cosworth TC | 56 | 1,470 | running | 18 |
| 15 | 18 | Dick Ferguson | 79 | Richard Hoffman | Eagle 7223/Offenhauser TC | 51 | 1,351 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 13 | Vern Schuppan | 34 | Herb Wysard | Wildcat II 4/DGS | 48 | 1,280 | engine | 0 |
| 17 | 8 | Steve Krisiloff | 7 | Robert Fletcher | Lightning 77/Cosworth TC | 47 | 1,233 | out of fuel | 0 |
| 18 | 6 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6C/Cosworth TC | 31 | 1,185 | wing | 0 |
| 19 | 1 | Bobby Unser | 12 | Roger Penske | Penske PC7 003/Cosworth TC | 21 | 1,185 | engine | 8 |
| 20 | 22 | Al Loquasto | 39 | Carl Gehlhausen | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Offenhauser TC | 17 | 665 | suspension | 0 |
| 21 | 23 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24 001/Cosworth TC | 11 | 665 | pit fire | 0 |
| 22 | 15 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Carl Gehlhausen | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Offenhauser TC | 8 | 1,185 | overheating | 0 |
| 23 | 21 | Tim Richmond | 69 | Richard Hoffman | Eagle 7221/Offenhauser TC | 4 | 665 | engine | 0 |
| Paul Page | NBC | 0 | color commentary |