| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Bobby Unser | 11 | Roger Penske | Penske PC9/Cosworth | 200 | 71,950 | running | 182 |
| 2 | 3 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | Jim Hall | Chaparral 2K/Cosworth | 200 | 41,000 | running | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | Rick Mears | 1 | Roger Penske | Penske PC9/Cosworth | 199 | 24,225 | running | 5 |
| 4 | 6 | Al Unser | 5 | Bobby Hillin | Longhorn LR01/Cosworth | 193 | 14,500 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 24 | Tom Gloy | 61 | Roger Penske | Penske PC7 001/Cosworth | 190 | 11,050 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 23 | Dennis Firestone | 18 | Jack Rhoades | Penske PC6 005/Cosworth | 190 | 10,200 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 22 | Pancho Carter | 10 | Alex Morales | Penske PC7/Cosworth | 189 | 9,200 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | Rick Muther | 82 | Jack Lang | Penske PC7/Cosworth | 188 | 8,250 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 34 | Dick Ferguson | 81 | Wayne Woodward | McLaren M24B/Cosworth | 187 | 7,500 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 25 | Vern Schuppan | 34 | Herb Wysard | McLaren M24B/Cosworth | 185 | 7,000 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 33 | Roger Rager | 66 | Gail Rager | Wildcat III/Chevrolet | 180 | 6,600 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 26 | Sheldon Kinser | 24 | Ralph Wilke | Watson/Cosworth | 178 | 6,400 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 27 | Herm Johnson | 28 | John Menard | Lightning 77/Offenhauser | 174 | 6,200 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 13 | Michael Chandler | 72 | Warner W. Hodgdon | McLaren M24/Cosworth | 167 | 6,000 | engine | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | Tom Bagley | 40 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat IV/Cosworth | 159 | 5,800 | wheel bearing | 0 |
| 16 | 7 | Bill Alsup | 41 | Bill Alsup | Penske PC7 011/Cosworth | 154 | 5,600 | accident | 0 |
| 17 | 5 | Mike Mosley | 21 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 80/Chevrolet | 149 | 5,400 | accident | 0 |
| 18 | 19 | Bill Tempero | 65 | Bill Tempero | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Chevrolet | 143 | 5,200 | accident | 0 |
| 19 | 10 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6C/Cosworth | 125 | 5,000 | fuel pump | 0 |
| 20 | 18 | Greg Leffler | 44 | Sherman Arnstrong | Lola T500B/Cosworth | 118 | 4,800 | ignition | 0 |
| 21 | 29 | Phil Caliva | 47 | Bill Alsup | McLaren M16C 4/Offenhauser | 117 | 4,600 | lost power | 0 |
| 22 | 11 | Johnny Parsons | 15 | Lindsey Hopkins | Lightning 79/Cosworth | 116 | 4,400 | wheel bearing | 0 |
| 23 | 14 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Phoenix 80/Cosworth | 95 | 4,200 | engine | 0 |
| 24 | 31 | Larry Cannon | 95 | Larry Cannon | Wildcat I/DGS | 93 | 4,100 | engine | 0 |
| 25 | 15 | John Martin | 37 | Ross Davis | Wildcat/DGS | 83 | 4,000 | oil leak | 0 |
| 26 | 8 | Tom Sneva | 9 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24 005/Cosworth | 76 | 3,900 | engine | 0 |
| 27 | 9 | Jerry Karl | 38 | William Compton | McLaren M16C/Chevrolet | 71 | 3,800 | engine | 0 |
| 28 | 20 | Billy Engelhart | 29 | William Beaudoin | McLaren M24B 3/Cosworth | 50 | 3,700 | clutch | 0 |
| 29 | 37 | Chip Mead | 91 | John Mahler | Eagle 72/Offenhauser | 26 | 3,600 | fuel | 0 |
| 30 | 35 | John Mahler | 92 | John Mahler | Finley PC6/Offenhauser | 24 | 3,500 | accident | 0 |
| 31 | 21 | Gary Bettenhausen | 46 | Sherman Armstrong | Wildcat II/Offenhauser | 15 | 3,400 | transmission | 0 |
| 32 | 36 | Jeff Heywood | 86 | Jack Lang | Lightning 77/Offenhauser | 14 | 3,300 | oil leak | 0 |
| 33 | 4 | Spike Gehlhausen | 35 | Robert Fletcher | Penske PC7/Cosworth | 12 | 3,250 | fuel pump | 0 |
| 34 | 12 | Billy Vukovich | 2 | Ralph Wilke | Watson 78/Offenhauser | 11 | 3,250 | turbocharger | 0 |
| 35 | 32 | Larry Dickson | 30 | Andy Kenopensky | IAM 001/Chevrolet | 10 | 3,250 | oil pressure | 0 |
| 36 | 30 | Jerry Sneva | 43 | Sherman Armstrong | March 80C/Cosworth | 3 | 3,250 | overheating | 0 |
| 37 | 28 | Dick Simon | 8 | Rolla Vollstedt | Vollstedt 77 14/Offenhauser | 0 | 3,250 | oil pressure | 0 |