| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Larry Rice | 55 | George Middleton | King/Chevrolet | 100 | 11,640 | running | 100 |
| 2 | 9 | Rich Vogler | 3 | Johnny Vance | 100 | 5,094 | running | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | Gary Bettenhausen | 14 | DelRose-Holt Racing | 100 | 3,770 | running | 0 | |
| 4 | 3 | Mark Alderson | 97 | Steve Enslow | 100 | 2,372 | running | 0 | |
| 5 | 5 | Tom Bigelow | 56 | Richard Hammond | 100 | 2,047 | running | 0 | |
| 6 | 10 | Billy Vukovich | 30 | Junior Kurtz | 100 | 1,723 | running | 0 | |
| 7 | 18 | Sheldon Kinser | 34 | Mauri Amerling | 100 | 1,448 | running | 0 | |
| 8 | 25 | George Snider | 41 | David LeFevre | 1975 LeFevre | 100 | 1,286 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | Jerry Nemire | 22 | Michael Syring | 100 | 1,180 | running | 0 | |
| 10 | 14 | Larry Martin | 20 | Peterson-Niebel Racing | 100 | 1,074 | running | 0 | |
| 11 | 22 | Greg Leffler | 43 | Sherman Armstrong | 100 | 968 | running | 0 | |
| 12 | 24 | Chuck Amati | 71 | Tom Stenger | 100 | 961 | running | 0 | |
| 13 | 26 | Jack Hewitt | 26 | Jack Linsmeyer | 100 | 755 | running | 0 | |
| 14 | 11 | Steve Chassey | 1 | DelRose-Holt Racing | 100 | 649 | running | 0 | |
| 15 | 19 | Smokey Snellbaker | 54 | Charles Lloyd | 98 | 543 | engine | 0 | |
| 16 | 4 | Johnny Parsons | 17 | Cecilia Smith | 78 | 487 | brakes | 0 | |
| 17 | 17 | Paul Pitzer | 51 | GCQ Racing | 51 | 431 | oil leak | 0 | |
| 18 | 23 | Jeff Bloom | 57 | Lyle Roberts | 51 | 416 | engine | 0 | |
| 19 | 20 | Jerry Miller | 85 | Wayne Miller | 51 | 400 | suspension | 0 | |
| 20 | 12 | Bobby Olivero | 5 | Ralph Wilke | 1978 Watson | 46 | 395 | engine | 0 |
| 21 | 16 | Chuck Gurney | 15 | Kurtz-DiGeronimo Brothers | 1978 Watson K | 40 | 390 | accident | 0 |
| 22 | 7 | Joe Saldana | 33 | Richard Johnson | 21 | 385 | accident | 0 | |
| 23 | 21 | Larry Dickson | 18 | Joe Conroy | 16 | 385 | engine | 0 | |
| 24 | 6 | Jim McElreath | 66 | E.D. Kendrick | 13 | 385 | engine | 0 | |
| 25 | 13 | Steve Cannon | 42 | Frank Marcello | 11 | 360 | engine | 0 | |
| 26 | 8 | Billy Engelhart | 28 | Lloyd Weaver | 10 | 360 | rear end | 0 | |
| 27 | 27 | Bill Tyler | 7 | Doug Lang | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 28 | 28 | Bobby Marshall | 19 | Bob Marshall | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 29 | 29 | Art Bisch Jr. | 72 | G.S. Brzozowski | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 30 | 30 | Frank Weiss | 24 | Steven MacPherson | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 31 | 31 | Bud Wilmot | 84 | Steve Wilmot | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 32 | 32 | Danny Milburn | 81 | Tom Stenger | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 33 | 33 | Manny Rockhold | 76 | Manuel Rockhold | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 34 | 34 | Jerry Potter | 62 | Joe Booth | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 35 | 35 | Johnny Coogan | 50 | Miller Vetzel Racing | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 36 | 36 | Ron Shuman | 90 | Larry Howard | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 37 | 37 | Roger Rager | 64 | J.F. McCray | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 38 | 38 | Karl Busson | 31 | William Mataka | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 39 | 39 | Rick Hood | 61 | Winterbotham | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 40 | 40 | Gary Patterson | 45 | John Aden | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 41 | 41 | Duke Cook | 25 | Michael Aberle | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 42 | 42 | Mike Gregg | 27 | Petauro Racing | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 43 | 43 | Bill Puterbaugh | 59 | David Robinson | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 44 | 44 | Brian Seidel | 63 | Scats/Anfuso | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 45 | 45 | Gary Irvin | 78 | Don Conrad | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 46 | 46 | Al Unser Jr. | 75 | Bill King | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 47 | 47 | Buz Tapply | 40 | Hoffman | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 48 | 48 | Gary Gray | 83 | Gapco | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 49 | 49 | Billy Earl | 88 | Earl | Ford | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 50 | 50 | Richard Powell | 77 | Powell | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 51 | 51 | Jack Hewitt | 58 | Ralph DePalma | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 52 | 52 | Mel Kenyon | 39 | Damon Fortune | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 53 | 53 | Mack McClellan | 89 | Richard Soubirou | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 54 | 54 | Gary Hieber | 47 | EWH Service | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 55 | 55 | Jerry Weeks | 32 | Robert Johnson | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 56 | 56 | Eddie Leavitt | 53 | Lowell Schmidt | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 57 | 57 | Sleepy Tripp | 29 | Louis Seymour | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 26 | Bobby Adkins | 26 | Jack Linsmeyer | 0 | qualified car | 0 | |||
| Ron Fieller | 66 | E.D. Kendrick | 0 | practiced car | 0 |