| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | A.J. Foyt | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Coyote 78 1/Foyt TC | 38 | 33,445 | running | 7 |
| 2 | 3 | Rick Mears | 7 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 38 | 23,050 | running | 7 |
| 3 | 9 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6 005/Cosworth TC | 38 | 15,915 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat III 1/DGS | 38 | 12,350 | running | 1 |
| 5 | 6 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M24B 001/Cosworth TC | 38 | 11,240 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 11 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat IV 2/Offenhauser V8 | 37 | 9,435 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 12 | Salt Walther | 77 | George Walther | McLaren M24 004/Cosworth TC | 36 | 8,830 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | Bobby Unser | 48 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 7801A/Cosworth TC | 28 | 8,830 | cylinder head | 1 |
| 9 | 16 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Carl Gehlhausen | Eagle 7405/Offenhauser TC | 28 | 7,625 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 2 | Al Unser | 2 | Jim Hall | Lola T500/Cosworth TC | 26 | 9,725 | pinion gear | 18 |
| 11 | 13 | George Snider | 84 | A.J. Foyt | Coyote 74 2/Foyt TC | 26 | 6,720 | transmission | 0 |
| 12 | 15 | Dick Simon | 17 | Rolla Vollstedt | Vollstedt 77 14/Offenhauser TC | 25 | 6,420 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 7 | Tom Bagley | 22 | Ralph Wilke | Watson 77 1/Offenhauser TC | 16 | 6,620 | piston | 0 |
| 14 | 8 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24 001/Cosworth TC | 15 | 6,115 | engine | 0 |
| 15 | 1 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6B 002/VPJ Cosworth | 5 | 6,515 | halfshaft | 4 |
| 16 | 14 | Joe Saldana | 69 | Richard Hoffman | Eagle 7221/Offenhauser TC | 3 | 5,215 | valve | 0 |