| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6B/VPJ Cosworth | 76 | 30,085 | running | 66 |
| 2 | 7 | Rick Mears | 7 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 76 | 18,038 | running | 7 |
| 3 | 9 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat III 1/DGS | 76 | 11,829 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 8 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 75 | 9,347 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | Larry Dickson | 80 | Russ Polak | Penske PC5 001/Cosworth TC | 75 | 7,455 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 12 | Gary Bettenhausen | 98 | Grant King | King 73 2/Offenhauser TC | 74 | 6,363 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 15 | Salt Walther | 77 | George Walther | McLaren M24 004/Cosworth TC | 73 | 5,816 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M24 003/Cosworth TC | 65 | 5,870 | clutch | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | Johnny Parsons | 16 | Lindsey Hopkins | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 51 | 4,723 | halfshaft | 0 |
| 10 | 18 | Cliff Hucul | 29 | Hucul-Hunter-Arndt | McLaren M16E 2/Offenhauser TC | 48 | 4,177 | valve | 0 |
| 11 | 13 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24 001/Cosworth TC | 42 | 4,204 | valve | 0 |
| 12 | 2 | Al Unser | 2 | Jim Hall | Lola T500 HU02/Cosworth TC | 31 | 5,031 | accident | 3 |
| 13 | 16 | Al Loquasto | 92 | Tassi Vatis | Eagle 7228/Offenhauser TC | 18 | 3,358 | oil leak | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | Tom Bigelow | 24 | Ralph Wilke | Eagle 7403/Offenhauser TC | 17 | 3,285 | accident | 0 |
| 15 | 11 | Pancho Carter | 8 | Robert Fletcher | Lightning 77/Cosworth TC | 17 | 3,012 | accident | 0 |
| 16 | 4 | A.J. Foyt | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Coyote 74 2/Foyt TC | 14 | 4,248 | accident | 0 |
| 17 | 5 | Tom Bagley | 22 | Ralph Wilke | Watson 77 1/Offenhauser TC | 13 | 3,039 | oil pump | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | Phil Threshie | 87 | Frank Fiore | Atlanta 72 2/Offenhauser TC | 6 | 2,429 | clutch | 0 |
| 19 | 3 | Bobby Unser | 48 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 7801/Cosworth TC | 1 | 2,920 | transmission | 0 |
| 20 | 17 | Mike Mosley | 78 | Alex Morales | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 0 | did not start | 0 | |
| Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat IV 1/Offenhauser TC | 0 | did not start | 0 | |||
| Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Carl Gehlhausen | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Offenhauser TC | 0 | did not start | 0 | |||
| Tom Bagley | 24 | Ralph Wilke | Eagle 7403/Offenhauser TC | 0 | practiced car | 0 |