| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M24B 001/Cosworth TC | 100 | 21,335 | running | 53 |
| 2 | 1 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6B 005/Cosworth TC | 99 | 14,030 | running | 28 |
| 3 | 8 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24 001/Cosworth TC | 98 | 8,873 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | Johnny Parsons | 16 | Lindsey Hopkins | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 98 | 6,760 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | Bobby Unser | 48 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 7801/Cosworth TC | 96 | 6,195 | out of fuel | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6B/VPJ Cosworth | 95 | 4,930 | out of fuel | 17 |
| 7 | 20 | Jim McElreath | 26 | Jim McElreath | Eagle 7407/Offenhauser TC | 95 | 4,697 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 19 | Tom Bigelow | 43 | Sherman Armstrong | Wildcat II 2/DGS | 94 | 4,465 | out of fuel | 0 |
| 9 | 18 | Joe Saldana | 69 | Richard Hoffman | Eagle 7221/Offenhauser TC | 93 | 3,933 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 22 | Al Loquasto | 92 | Tassi Vatis | Eagle 7228/Offenhauser TC | 92 | 3,600 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | Larry Dickson | 80 | Russ Polak | Penske PC5 001/Cosworth TC | 91 | 3,434 | engine | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | Tom Bagley | 22 | Ralph Wilke | Watson 77 1/Offenhauser TC | 91 | 3,767 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 12 | Dick Simon | 17 | Rolla Vollstedt | Vollstedt 77 14/Offenhauser TC | 82 | 3,101 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 13 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat II 3/DGS | 75 | 2,935 | engine | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | George Snider | 84 | A.J. Foyt | Coyote 74 2/Foyt TC | 65 | 2,769 | accident | 0 |
| 16 | 5 | A.J. Foyt | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Coyote 75 1/Foyt TC | 62 | 4,269 | handling | 2 |
| 17 | 10 | Al Unser | 2 | Jim Hall | Lola T500 HU01/Cosworth TC | 51 | 4,202 | engine | 0 |
| 18 | 14 | Salt Walther | 77 | George Walther | McLaren M24 002/Cosworth TC | 49 | 2,536 | gearbox | 0 |
| 19 | 6 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat II 4/DGS | 15 | 2,970 | piston | 0 |
| 20 | 15 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Carl Gehlhausen | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Offenhauser TC | 15 | 2,403 | piston | 0 |
| 21 | 21 | Phil Threshie | 87 | Frank Fiore | Lightning 76 1/Offenhauser TC | 10 | 2,370 | accident | 0 |
| 22 | 3 | Rick Mears | 7 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 1 | 2,336 | valve | 0 |
| 23 | 23 | Jerry Sneva | 30 | Marv Schmidt | McLaren M16B 3/Offenhauser TC | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 24 | 24 | Roger Rager | 81 | Wayne Woodward | Eagle 7411/Offenhauser TC | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| Larry Rice | 35 | Patrick Santello | Eagle 7405/Offenhauser TC | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Eldon Rasmussen | 58 | Eldon Rasmussen | Atlanta 72 2/Chevrolet | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Pancho Carter | 8 | Robert Fletcher | Lightning 77/Cosworth TC | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Larry Cannon | 85 | Larry Cannon | Wildcat I 1/DGS | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Mike Mosley | 78 | Alex Morales | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Cliff Hucul | 29 | Hucul Racing | McLaren M16E 2/Offenhauser TC | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Sheldon Kinser | 24 | Ralph Wilke | Watson 78 1/Offenhauser TC | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |