| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M24B 002/Cosworth TC | 82 | 11,989 | running | 30 |
| 2 | 9 | Lee Kunzman | 21 | Larry Hamm | Parnelli VPJ6C 114/Cosworth TC | 82 | 8,364 | running | 12 |
| 3 | 5 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24 001/Cosworth TC | 82 | 6,314 | running | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 82 | 4,683 | running | 32 |
| 5 | 11 | Rick Mears | 9 | Roger Penske | Penske PC7/Cosworth TC | 82 | 3,970 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | Al Unser | 2 | Jim Hall | Lola T500/Cosworth TC | 82 | 3,495 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | Bobby Unser | 12 | Roger Penske | Penske PC7/Cosworth TC | 82 | 3,139 | running | 1 |
| 8 | 16 | Tom Bagley | 11 | Bobby Hillin | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 81 | 2,664 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 13 | Pancho Carter | 10 | Alex Morales | Lightning 77/Cosworth TC | 81 | 2,427 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | Salt Walther | 77 | George Walther | McLaren M24 004/Cosworth TC | 80 | 2,189 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 6 | Wally Dallenbach | 40 | Pat Patrick | Penske/Cosworth TC | 79 | 2,070 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | Vern Schuppan | 34 | Herb Wysard | Wildcat II 4/Offenhauser TC | 75 | 1,952 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 15 | Joe Saldana | 69 | Richard Hoffman | Lightning 77 ROMLIN7/Offenhauser TC | 58 | 1,833 | fire | 0 |
| 14 | 4 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6C/Cosworth TC | 56 | 1,714 | fuel line | 0 |
| 15 | 12 | Steve Krisiloff | 7 | Robert Fletcher | Lightning 77/Cosworth TC | 53 | 1,595 | transmission | 0 |
| 16 | 17 | Bill Alsup | 41 | William Alsup | McLaren M16C 4/Offenhauser TC | 42 | 1,524 | overheating | 0 |
| 17 | 3 | Mike Mosley | 36 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 7801A/Cosworth TC | 20 | 1,477 | gearbox | 0 |
| 18 | 10 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Carl Gehlhausen | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Offenhauser TC | 12 | 1,429 | ignition | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | Larry Rice | 35 | Patrick Santello | Lightning 77 LHL-4/Offenhauser TC | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| John Mahler | 92 | John Mahler | Eagle 72/Offenhauser TC | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Tom Frantz | 18 | Tom Frantz | Wildcat I 2/DGS | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Jackie Stewart | ABC | 0 | color commentary | ||||||
| Chris Economaki | ABC | 0 | pit reporter |