| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Rick Mears | 1 | Roger Penske | Penske PC9/Cosworth | 60 | 21,350 | running | 28 |
| 2 | 1 | Bobby Unser | 11 | Roger Penske | Penske PC9/Cosworth | 60 | 16,200 | running | 19 |
| 3 | 5 | Al Unser | 5 | Bobby Hillin | Longhorn LR01/Cosworth | 60 | 12,550 | running | 13 |
| 4 | 10 | Tom Sneva | 9 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24/Cosworth | 59 | 9,000 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 12 | Dennis Firestone | 18 | Jack Rhoades | Penske PC6 005/Cosworth | 57 | 7,000 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 19 | Jim McElreath | 26 | Shirley McElreath | Eagle/Offenhauser | 55 | 6,500 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 17 | Sheldon Kinser | 24 | Ralph Wilke | Watson/Cosworth | 55 | 5,500 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | Bill Tempero | 65 | Bill Tempero | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Chevrolet | 51 | 5,000 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 25 | Larry Cannon | 95 | Larry Cannon | Wildcat II/DGS | 50 | 4,500 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 7 | Johnny Rutherford | 7 | Jim Hall | Chaparral 2K/Cosworth | 49 | 4,200 | accident | 0 |
| 11 | 23 | Roger Rager | 66 | Gail Rager | Wildcat III/Chevrolet | 37 | 4,000 | oil leak | 0 |
| 12 | 11 | Jerry Karl | 38 | William Compton | McLaren M16C/Chevrolet | 36 | 3,700 | piston | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | John Mahler | 92 | John Mahler | Finley PC6/Offenhauser | 23 | 3,500 | engine | 0 |
| 14 | 13 | Herm Johnson | 28 | John Menard | Lightning 77/Offenhauser | 12 | 3,300 | oil leak | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | Daniel Muniz | 88 | Pat Patrick | Penske PC6/Cosworth | 12 | 3,200 | engine | 0 |
| 16 | 4 | Bill Alsup | 41 | Bill Alsup | Penske PC7 011/Cosworth | 10 | 3,100 | transmission | 0 |
| 17 | 21 | Juan Carlos Bolaños | 91 | John Mahler | Eagle 72/Offenhauser | 9 | 3,000 | engine | 0 |
| 18 | 9 | Tom Bagley | 40 | Pat Patrick | Phoenix 80/Cosworth | 9 | 2,900 | engine | 0 |
| 19 | 6 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Phoenix 80/Cosworth | 7 | 2,800 | engine | 0 |
| 20 | 20 | Michel Jourdain Declercq | 85 | John Mahler | Eagle 7411/Offenhauser | 5 | 2,700 | oil line | 0 |
| 21 | 24 | Phil Caliva | 47 | Bill Alsup | McLaren M16C 4/Offenhauser | 3 | 2,600 | valve | 0 |
| 22 | 8 | Pancho Carter | 10 | Alex Morales | Penske PC7/Cosworth | 2 | 2,500 | valve | 0 |
| 23 | 14 | Dick Simon | 8 | Rolla Vollstedt | Vollstedt 77 14/Offenhauser | 1 | 2,400 | piston | 0 |
| 24 | 3 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6C/Cosworth | 0 | 2,300 | accident | 0 |
| 25 | 18 | Spike Gehlhausen | 81 | Wayne Woodward | McLaren M24B/Cosworth | 0 | 2,200 | hub | 0 |