| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Gary Bettenhausen | 12 | DelRose-Holt Racing | King/Chevrolet | 100 | 11,374 | running | 24 |
| 2 | 2 | Steve Chassey | 15 | Kurtz-DiGeronimo Brothers | 1978 Watson K/Chevrolet | 100 | 8,156 | running | 76 |
| 3 | 3 | Pancho Carter | 21 | John Capels | 100 | 3,922 | running | 0 | |
| 4 | 6 | Billy Vukovich | 30 | Junior Kurtz | 100 | 3,058 | running | 0 | |
| 5 | 15 | Chris Cumberworth | 87 | Doug Lang | 100 | 2,511 | running | 0 | |
| 6 | 12 | Tom Bigelow | 56 | Richard Hammond | 100 | 2,075 | running | 0 | |
| 7 | 17 | Steve Cannon | 10 | Double A Racing | 100 | 1,638 | running | 0 | |
| 8 | 27 | Kramer Williamson | 34 | Mauri Amerling | 100 | 1,419 | running | 0 | |
| 9 | 28 | Lennie Waldo | 71 | Tom Stenger | 100 | 1,310 | running | 0 | |
| 10 | 21 | Gary Irvin | 47 | Bob Higman | 100 | 1,201 | running | 0 | |
| 11 | 20 | Jim McElreath | 23 | Jim McElreath | 97 | 1,092 | running | 0 | |
| 12 | 24 | Bill Tyler | 16 | Ray Smith | 94 | 983 | oil pressure | 0 | |
| 13 | 18 | Larry Gates | 39 | Glenn Fortune | 94 | 873 | running | 0 | |
| 14 | 9 | Greg Leffler | 43 | Sherman Armstrong | 92 | 764 | running | 0 | |
| 15 | 23 | Rich Leavell | 58 | Ralph DePalma | 90 | 655 | running | 0 | |
| 16 | 5 | Jerry Miller | 65 | Norman Hall | 75 | 546 | oil leak | 0 | |
| 17 | 1 | Joe Saldana | 33 | Richard Johnson | 71 | 546 | oil leak | 0 | |
| 18 | 7 | Larry Rice | 28 | Lloyd Weaver | 68 | 437 | accident | 0 | |
| 19 | 13 | Bobby Olivero | 1 | Ralph Wilke | 1978 Watson | 67 | 937 | oil leak | 0 |
| 20 | 19 | Sheldon Kinser | 29 | Louis Seymour | 64 | 462 | engine | 0 | |
| 21 | 22 | Robert Smith | 18 | Joe Conroy | 44 | 462 | engine | 0 | |
| 22 | 14 | Smokey Snellbaker | 54 | Charles Lloyd | 42 | 462 | water pump | 0 | |
| 23 | 4 | A.J. Foyt | 14 | DelRose-Holt Racing | Chevrolet | 28 | 462 | valve | 0 |
| 24 | 30 | Tony Weyant | 38 | Chuck Weyant | 28 | 462 | steering | 0 | |
| 25 | 10 | Ron Shuman | 55 | George Middleton | 24 | 462 | oil leak | 0 | |
| 26 | 26 | Jan Opperman | 50 | Miller-Vetzel Racing | 24 | 462 | engine | 0 | |
| 27 | 11 | Jerry Weeks | 59 | David LeFevre | 1975 LeFevre | 24 | 462 | engine | 0 |
| 28 | 25 | Karl Busson | 32 | Robert Johnson | 7 | 462 | rods | 0 | |
| 29 | 16 | Doug Wolfgang | 20 | Peterson Racing | 6 | 310 | accident | 0 | |
| 30 | 29 | Larry Dickson | 69 | Delmar McClure | 0 | did not start | 0 | ||
| 31 | 31 | Bill Burks Jr. | 37 | Jack Harris | 0 | did not start | 0 | ||
| 32 | 32 | Johnny Parsons | 17 | Cecilia Smith | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 33 | 33 | Duke Cook | 19 | Don Siebert | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 34 | 34 | Frankie Schneider | 31 | William Mataka | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 35 | 35 | Mark Alderson | 77 | George Haller | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 36 | 36 | Billy Engelhart | 42 | Frank Marcello | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 37 | 37 | Paul Pitzer | 45 | Whitey Harmon | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 38 | 38 | Jim Hettinger | 96 | Thomas | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 39 | 39 | Rich Vogler | 49 | Don Siebert | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |