| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Billy Vukovich | 6 | Ben Leyba | King/Chevrolet | 100 | 7,952 | running | 69 |
| 2 | 11 | Bill Puterbaugh | 24 | Jack Linsmeyer | 100 | 4,502 | running | 0 | |
| 3 | 19 | Larry Dickson | 8 | Russ Polak | 100 | 2,977 | running | 0 | |
| 4 | 5 | Larry Rice | 59 | David LeFevre | 1975 LeFevre | 100 | 2,378 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 22 | Billy Engelhart | 28 | Lloyd Weaver | 100 | 2,022 | running | 0 | |
| 6 | 3 | Pancho Carter | 1 | Johnny Capels | 100 | 2,237 | running | 0 | |
| 7 | 21 | Steve Cannon | 10 | Double A Racing | 100 | 1,452 | running | 0 | |
| 8 | 16 | Bobby Adkins | 51 | Roger Beck | 99 | 1,309 | running | 0 | |
| 9 | 9 | Paul Pitzer | 17 | Cecilia Smith | 97 | 1,238 | running | 0 | |
| 10 | 13 | Rich Vogler | 53 | John Slack | 96 | 1,167 | running | 0 | |
| 11 | 2 | Steve Chassey | 15 | Kurtz-DiGeronimo Brothers | 83 | 1,096 | out of fuel | 1 | |
| 12 | 10 | Billy Cassella | 29 | Louis Seymour | 78 | 1,025 | gearbox | 30 | |
| 13 | 23 | Robert Smith | 18 | Joe Conroy | 74 | 953 | engine | 0 | |
| 14 | 14 | Jerry Miller | 68 | Wayne Miller | 72 | 882 | engine | 0 | |
| 15 | 18 | Dana Carter | 35 | Lloyd Rahn | 67 | 811 | engine | 0 | |
| 16 | 4 | Gary Bettenhausen | 2 | DelRose Holt Racing | 37 | 740 | accident | 0 | |
| 17 | 6 | Sheldon Kinser | 56 | Richard Hammond | 37 | 668 | starter | 0 | |
| 18 | 17 | Tom Bigelow | 43 | Sherman Armstrong | 36 | 597 | accident | 0 | |
| 19 | 24 | Junior Parkinson | 67 | Thomas Adrian | 26 | 597 | engine | 0 | |
| 20 | 7 | Joe Saldana | 21 | Richard Johnson | 22 | 597 | engine | 0 | |
| 21 | 20 | Bobby Olivero | 30 | Ralph Wilke | 1978 Watson | 20 | 597 | engine | 0 |
| 22 | 15 | Bob East | 19 | Don Siebert | 10 | 597 | engine | 0 | |
| 23 | 12 | Chuck Gurney | 48 | W.T. Romine | 9 | 597 | engine | 0 | |
| 24 | 8 | Bubby Jones | 49 | Don Siebert | 6 | 597 | power steering | 0 | |
| 25 | 25 | Greg Leffler | 44 | Sherman Armstrong | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 26 | 26 | Mack McClellan | 78 | McClellan | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 27 | 27 | Chris Cumberworth | 81 | Gus Sohm | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 28 | 28 | Jerry Weeks | 47 | Morrison | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 29 | 29 | Butch Wilkerson | 71 | Tom Stenger | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 30 | 30 | Mark Alderson | 16 | Ray Smith | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 31 | 31 | Sleepy Tripp | 55 | George Middleton | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 32 | 32 | Bill Burks Jr. | 37 | Jack Harris | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 33 | 33 | Karl Busson | 32 | Johnson | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 34 | 34 | George Snider | 20 | Jack Rhoades | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 35 | 35 | Gary Irvin | 42 | Patrice Irvin | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 36 | 36 | Bob East | 58 | Ralph DePalma | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 37 | 37 | Duke Cook | 65 | Norm Hall | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 38 | 38 | Tony Bettenhausen Jr. | 86 | Robert LaWarre | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |