| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Rick Mears | 9 | Roger Penske | Penske PC7/Cosworth TC | 100 | 14,160 | running | 30 |
| 2 | 10 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 99 | out of fuel | 2 | |
| 3 | 1 | Bobby Unser | 12 | Roger Penske | Penske PC7/Cosworth TC | 99 | running | 48 | |
| 4 | 9 | Wally Dallenbach | 40 | Pat Patrick | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 99 | running | 0 | |
| 5 | 3 | Al Unser | 2 | Jim Hall | Chaparral 2K 01/Cosworth TC | 97 | running | 0 | |
| 6 | 16 | Joe Saldana | 79 | Richard Hoffman | Eagle 7223/Offenhauser TC | 90 | running | 0 | |
| 7 | 11 | Herm Johnson | 42 | Don Mergard | Eagle 7204/Offenhauser TC | 90 | 3,650 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24 005/Cosworth TC | 88 | running | 0 | |
| 9 | 13 | Frank Weiss | 50 | Doug Biedersted | Antares 72 2/Offenhauser TC | 86 | 2,855 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | Bill Alsup | 41 | William Alsup | McLaren M16C 4/Offenhauser TC | 79 | running | 0 | |
| 11 | 5 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M24B 002/Cosworth TC | 75 | engine | 20 | |
| 12 | 12 | Larry Cannon | 95 | Larry Cannon | Wildcat I/Offenhauser TC | 54 | oil leak | 0 | |
| 13 | 15 | Pancho Carter | 10 | Alex Morales | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 52 | engine | 0 | |
| 14 | 6 | Mike Mosley | 36 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 79/Cosworth TC | 47 | transaxle | 0 | |
| 15 | 4 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6C/Cosworth TC | 29 | magneto | 0 | |
| 16 | 8 | Spike Gehlhausen | 55 | Robert Fletcher | Lightning 77/Cosworth TC | 8 | suspension | 0 |