| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Gary Bettenhausen | 12 | DelRose-Holt Racing | King/Chevrolet | 100 | 6,775 | running | 75 |
| 2 | 11 | Johnny Parsons | 58 | Ralph DePalma | 100 | 2,950 | running | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | Ken Schrader | 14 | DelRose-Holt Racing | 100 | 1,800 | running | 0 | |
| 4 | 12 | Larry Dickson | 18 | Joe Conroy | 99 | 1,400 | running | 0 | |
| 5 | 6 | Pancho Carter | 21 | John Capels | 98 | 1,100 | running | 0 | |
| 6 | 20 | Rich Vogler | 49 | Don Siebert | 97 | 900 | running | 0 | |
| 7 | 14 | Larry Rice | 28 | Lloyd Weaver | 96 | 750 | driveshaft | 0 | |
| 8 | 9 | Sheldon Kinser | 4 | Ben Leyba | 94 | 650 | running | 0 | |
| 9 | 5 | Jim McElreath | 23 | Jim McElreath | 93 | 600 | running | 0 | |
| 10 | 3 | Tom Bigelow | 56 | Richard Hammond | 91 | 1,175 | engine | 25 | |
| 11 | 15 | Steve Cannon | 10 | Double A Racing | 84 | 500 | engine | 0 | |
| 12 | 7 | Steve Chassey | 15 | Kurtz-DiGeronimo Brothers | 1978 Watson K | 75 | 450 | change gears | 0 |
| 13 | 23 | Jerry Weeks | 59 | David LeFevre | 1975 LeFevre | 74 | 530 | magneto | 0 |
| 14 | 18 | Larry Gates | 39 | Glenn Fortune | 61 | 350 | engine | 0 | |
| 15 | 17 | Billy Engelhart | 42 | Frank Marcello | 53 | 310 | oil leak | 0 | |
| 16 | 8 | Joe Saldana | 33 | Richard Johnson | 49 | 270 | radius rod | 0 | |
| 17 | 13 | Eddie Leavitt | 29 | Louis Seymour | 43 | 240 | brake line | 0 | |
| 18 | 4 | Steve Kinser | 17 | Cecilia Smith | 27 | 220 | engine | 0 | |
| 19 | 19 | Chris Cumberworth | 87 | Doug Lang | 16 | 210 | torsion arm | 0 | |
| 20 | 10 | Bobby Olivero | 1 | Ralph Wilke | 1978 Watson | 10 | 700 | steering | 0 |
| 21 | 16 | Paul Pitzer | 45 | Booth | 0 | did not start | 0 | ||
| 22 | 22 | Kramer Williamson | 54 | Mauri Amerling | 0 | did not start | 0 | ||
| 23 | 21 | Emmett Hahn | 16 | Ray Smith | 0 | did not start | 0 | ||
| 24 | 24 | Tony Weyant | 38 | Chuck Weyant | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 25 | 25 | Mark Alderson | 77 | George Haller | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 26 | 26 | Jerry Stone | 121 | Lloyd Stephens | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 27 | 27 | Rich Leavell | 20 | Peterson Racing | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 28 | 28 | Karl Busson | 32 | Robert Johnson | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 29 | 29 | Frankie Schneider | 31 | William Mataka | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 30 | 30 | Dean Shirley | 81 | Gus Sohm | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 31 | 31 | Ken Schrader | 71 | Tom Stenger | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |