| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Bobby Olivero | 30 | Ralph Wilke | 1978 Watson/Chevrolet | 100 | 10,012 | running | 3 |
| 2 | 3 | Billy Engelhart | 28 | Lloyd Weaver | 100 | 6,479 | running | 28 | |
| 3 | 2 | Pancho Carter | 1 | Johnny Capels | 100 | 4,150 | running | 0 | |
| 4 | 4 | Gary Bettenhausen | 2 | DelRose Holt Racing | 100 | 2,840 | running | 0 | |
| 5 | 18 | Sheldon Kinser | 56 | Richard Hammond | 100 | 2,333 | running | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | Steve Chassey | 15 | Kurtz-DiGeronimo Brothers | 100 | 4,151 | running | 69 | |
| 7 | 6 | Larry Rice | 59 | David LeFevre | 1975 LeFevre | 100 | 1,522 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | Bubby Jones | 49 | Don Siebert | 100 | 1,319 | running | 0 | |
| 9 | 16 | Butch Wilkerson | 71 | Tom Stenger | 99 | 1,217 | running | 0 | |
| 10 | 9 | Bobby Adkins | 51 | Roger Beck | 99 | 1,116 | running | 0 | |
| 11 | 5 | Gary Irvin | 42 | Patrice Irvin | 99 | 1,014 | running | 0 | |
| 12 | 22 | Sleepy Tripp | 55 | George Middleton | 99 | 913 | running | 0 | |
| 13 | 19 | Jim McElreath | 23 | Jim McElreath | 98 | 812 | running | 0 | |
| 14 | 26 | Chris Cumberworth | 83 | Sohm Racing | 98 | 850 | running | 0 | |
| 15 | 27 | Paul Pitzer | 16 | Ray Smith | 98 | 738 | running | 0 | |
| 16 | 15 | Tom Bigelow | 43 | Sherman Armstrong | 97 | 507 | running | 0 | |
| 17 | 23 | Jerry Miller | 65 | Norman Hall | 97 | 507 | running | 0 | |
| 18 | 25 | Larry Cannon | 10 | Double A Racing | 79 | 556 | gears | 0 | |
| 19 | 7 | Billy Vukovich | 2 | Ben Leyba | 66 | 406 | ignition | 0 | |
| 20 | 24 | Larry Dickson | 8 | Russ Polak | 57 | 406 | brakes | 0 | |
| 21 | 20 | Junior Parkinson | 67 | Tom Adrian | 28 | 406 | fuel pump | 0 | |
| 22 | 28 | Roger Rager | 33 | Heck/Casci | 24 | 526 | throttle | 0 | |
| 23 | 13 | Joe Saldana | 21 | Richard Johnson | 19 | 406 | ring gear | 0 | |
| 24 | 14 | Chuck Gurney | 48 | W.T. Romine | 16 | 406 | engine | 0 | |
| 25 | 11 | Rich Vogler | 53 | John Slack | 14 | 406 | accident | 0 | |
| 26 | 12 | Bill Puterbaugh | 24 | Jack Linsmeyer | 14 | 406 | accident | 0 | |
| 27 | 21 | Bob East | 19 | Don Siebert | 14 | 406 | disqualified | 0 | |
| 28 | 10 | Billy Cassella | 29 | Louis Seymour | 2 | 406 | brakes | 0 | |
| 29 | 29 | Art Bisch Jr. | 25 | Louis Senter | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 30 | 30 | Robert Smith | 18 | Joe Conroy | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 31 | 31 | Jan Opperman | 22 | Gary Hill | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 32 | 32 | Greg Leffler | 44 | Sherman Armstrong | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 33 | 33 | Karl Busson | 32 | Johnson | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 34 | 34 | Tony Bettenhausen Jr. | 86 | Robert LaWarre | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 35 | 35 | Jim Dinsmoor | 70 | Doran | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 36 | 36 | Mark Alderson | 35 | Lloyd Rahn | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 37 | 37 | Mack McClellan | 78 | McClellan | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 38 | 38 | Dana Carter | 12 | DelRose Holt Racing | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 39 | 39 | Bob East | 58 | Ralph DePalma | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 40 | 40 | Jerry Weeks | 31 | Mataka Brothers | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 41 | 41 | Gary Gray | 84 | Gapco | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 42 | 42 | George Snider | 20 | Jack Rhoades | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 43 | 43 | Johnny Parsons | 17 | Cecilia Smith | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |