| 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 | 61 |
| 2 | 5 | Rick Mears | 9 | Roger Penske | Penske PC7/Cosworth TC | 82 | 8,239 | running | 1 |
| 3 | 6 | Al Unser | 2 | Jim Hall | Lola T500/Cosworth TC | 82 | 6,114 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | Bobby Unser | 12 | Roger Penske | Penske PC7/Cosworth TC | 82 | 4,683 | running | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24 001/Cosworth TC | 81 | 3,970 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 14 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6C/Cosworth TC | 81 | 3,495 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | Tom Bagley | 11 | Bobby Hillin | Penske PC6 005/Cosworth TC | 81 | 3,139 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 11 | Wally Dallenbach | 40 | Pat Patrick | Penske/Cosworth TC | 80 | 2,664 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 80 | 2,427 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | Salt Walther | 77 | George Walther | McLaren M24 004/Cosworth TC | 79 | 2,189 | running | 13 |
| 11 | 9 | Pancho Carter | 10 | Alex Morales | Lightning 77/Cosworth TC | 78 | 2,070 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | Vern Schuppan | 34 | Herb Wysard | Wildcat II 4/Offenhauser TC | 74 | 1,952 | out of fuel | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | Joe Saldana | 69 | Richard Hoffman | Lightning 77 ROMLIN7/Offenhauser TC | 72 | 1,833 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | Larry Rice | 35 | Patrick Santello | Lightning 77 LHL-4/Offenhauser TC | 62 | 1,714 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | Bill Alsup | 41 | William Alsup | McLaren M16C 4/Offenhauser TC | 52 | 1,595 | overheating | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Carl Gehlhausen | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Offenhauser | 13 | 1,524 | oil leak | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | Mike Mosley | 36 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 7801A/Cosworth TC | 3 | 1,477 | engine | 0 |
| 18 | 2 | Lee Kunzman | 21 | Larry Hamm | Parnelli VPJ6C 114/Cosworth TC | 3 | 1,429 | gearbox | 0 |
| 19 | 15 | Steve Krisiloff | 7 | Robert Fletcher | Lightning 77/Cosworth TC | 0 | did not start | 0 | |
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| Chris Economaki | ABC | 0 | pit reporter |