| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Pancho Carter | 5 | Alex Morales | Penske PC7/Cosworth | 250 | 92,855 | running | 91 |
| 2 | 20 | Tony Bettenhausen Jr. | 16 | Wayne Hillis | McLaren M24A 5/Cosworth | 250 | 49,305 | running | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Rick Mears | 6 | Roger Penske | Penske PC9B/Cosworth | 248 | 30,955 | running | 2 |
| 4 | 7 | Bill Alsup | 7 | Roger Penske | Penske PC9B/Cosworth | 247 | 20,380 | running | 2 |
| 5 | 21 | Tom Bigelow | 56 | Richard Hammond | Penske PC7 006/Chevrolet | 247 | 16,530 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 18 | Gary Bettenhausen | 12 | Jack Rhoades | Wildcat VIII/Cosworth | 247 | 13,180 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 31 | Scott Brayton | 37 | Lee Brayton | Penske PC7/Cosworth | 238 | 12,180 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 39 | Phil Caliva | 47 | Phil Caliva | McLaren M16C 4/Chevrolet | 235 | 7,000 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 24 | Larry Dickson | 31 | Andy Kenopensky | Penske PC7/Cosworth | 229 | 11,180 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | Bob Lazier | 35 | Robert Fletcher | Penske PC7/Cosworth | 225 | 12,680 | engine | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | Al Unser | 8 | Bobby Hillin | Longhorn LR02/Cosworth | 196 | 13,930 | engine | 46 |
| 12 | 16 | Larry Cannon | 99 | Maurice Kraines | Penske PC7/Cosworth | 190 | 10,080 | accident | 0 |
| 13 | 32 | Roger Rager | 66 | Gail Rager | Wildcat III/Chevrolet | 185 | 10,980 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 22 | Jerry Karl | 38 | William Compton | McLaren M16C/Chevrolet | 178 | 9,280 | clutch | 0 |
| 15 | 26 | Billy Vukovich | 42 | Harry Schwartz | Watson/Offenhauser | 175 | 8,880 | engine | 0 |
| 16 | 9 | Bobby Unser | 3 | Roger Penske | Penske PC9B/Cosworth | 162 | 8,480 | engine | 0 |
| 17 | 5 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat VIII/Cosworth | 153 | 8,380 | overheating | 0 |
| 18 | 12 | Mike Mosley | 48 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 8103/Chevrolet | 144 | 11,730 | engine | 34 |
| 19 | 19 | Josele Garza Martínez | 55 | Josele Garza | Penske PC9/Cosworth | 141 | 8,080 | engine | 0 |
| 20 | 34 | Steve Chassey | 64 | Max Dowker | Eagle 8101/Chevrolet | 131 | 3,300 | engine | 0 |
| 21 | 36 | Harry MacDonald | 45 | Sherman Armstrong | Lola T500B/Cosworth | 120 | 3,200 | engine | 0 |
| 22 | 2 | Johnny Rutherford | 1 | Jim Hall | Chaparral 2K/Cosworth | 112 | 10,630 | accident | 38 |
| 23 | 1 | Tom Sneva | 2 | Dan Cotter | March 81C 02/Cosworth | 107 | 15,080 | transmission | 32 |
| 24 | 25 | Vern Schuppan | 33 | Vern Schuppan | McLaren M24/Cosworth | 95 | 7,580 | engine | 0 |
| 25 | 33 | Cliff Hucul | 57 | Jules Bickel | McLaren M16B 2/Offenhauser | 89 | 7,480 | engine | 0 |
| 26 | 6 | A.J. Foyt | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Coyote 81 1/Cosworth | 80 | 7,380 | accident | 0 |
| 27 | 14 | Michael Chandler | 72 | Warner W. Hodgdon | Penske PC7/Cosworth | 79 | 7,280 | halfshaft | 0 |
| 28 | 11 | Kevin Cogan | 32 | Jerry O'Connell | Phoenix 80/Cosworth | 70 | 7,180 | engine | 0 |
| 29 | 29 | Chip Mead | 49 | Bill Jamieson | Eagle 8102/Cosworth | 70 | 7,080 | engine | 0 |
| 30 | 27 | Dick Ferguson | 96 | Larry Cannon | Wildcat I/Offenhauser | 64 | 6,980 | engine | 0 |
| 31 | 30 | Dick Simon | 22 | Ralph Wilke | Watson PC7/Cosworth | 63 | 6,880 | oil pressure | 0 |
| 32 | 28 | Salt Walther | 21 | Dan Cotter | Phoenix March/Cosworth | 53 | 6,780 | engine | 0 |
| 33 | 23 | Herm Johnson | 28 | John Menard | Lightning 77/Chevrolet | 26 | 7,180 | pit fire | 0 |
| 34 | 35 | Bill Tempero | 15 | Bill Tempero | McLaren M24/Chevrolet | 23 | 4,700 | engine | 0 |
| 35 | 15 | Billy Engelhart | 29 | William Beaudoin | McLaren M24B 3/Cosworth | 18 | 6,680 | valve | 0 |
| 36 | 13 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat VIII/Cosworth | 4 | 6,680 | accident | 0 |
| 37 | 8 | Bill Whittington | 94 | Whittington Brothers | March 81C 03/Cosworth | 4 | 8,180 | accident | 0 |
| 38 | 37 | Jerry Sneva | 43 | Sherman Armstrong | March Orbitor/Cosworth | 0 | did not start | 0 | |
| 39 | 38 | Jim Buick | 26 | Jim Buick | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Chevrolet | 0 | did not start | 0 | |
| 40 | 40 | Bob Frey | 71 | Tom Frantz | Eagle 72/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 41 | 41 | John Mahler | 92 | John Mahler | Finley PC6/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| Bruce Jenner | NBC | 0 | pit reporter | ||||||
| Paul Page | NBC | 0 | color commentary |