| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Johnny Rutherford | 2 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M24 1/Cosworth TC | 200 | 14,765 | running | 29 |
| 2 | 6 | Pancho Carter | 5 | Jerry O'Connell | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 198 | 8,807 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | Wally Dallenbach | 40 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat II 2/DGS | 197 | 5,567 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 15 | Tom Bigelow | 24 | Ralph Wilke | Watson/Offenhauser TC | 196 | 4,085 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 16 | Rick Mears | 38 | Teddy Yip | McLaren M16C 4/Offenhauser TC | 196 | 3,332 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 14 | Bobby Olivero | 78 | Alex Morales | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 194 | 2,879 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 20 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Carl Gehlhausen | McLaren M16A 2/Offenhauser TC | 194 | 2,653 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 13 | Gary Bettenhausen | 98 | Grant King | Dragon 76/Offenhauser TC | 194 | 2,427 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 12 | Dick Simon | 17 | Rolla Vollstedt | Vollstedt 77 14/Offenhauser TC | 194 | 2,201 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat/DGS | 193 | 2,475 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 17 | Joe Saldana | 23 | Ralph Wilke | Eagle 74/Offenhauser TC | 192 | 1,861 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | Larry Dickson | 80 | Russ Polak | McLaren M16/Offenhauser TC | 192 | 1,747 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 9 | Johnny Parsons | 93 | Tassi Vatis | Eagle 72 Finley/Offenhauser TC | 190 | 1,635 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 21 | Ed Crombie | 67 | Edward Crombie | Eagle 72/Foyt TC | 180 | 1,521 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 2 | Al Unser | 21 | Vel Miletich | Parnelli/Cosworth TC | 173 | 3,118 | oil leak | 171 |
| 16 | 22 | Jerry Grant | 69 | Richard Hoffman | Eagle 72/Offenhauser TC | 165 | 1,340 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 4 | Bobby Unser | 6 | Robert Fletcher | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 123 | 1,295 | engine | 0 |
| 18 | 10 | Tom Sneva | 8 | Roger Penske | McLaren M24/Cosworth TC | 114 | 1,249 | exhaust header | 0 |
| 19 | 11 | Steve Krisiloff | 91 | Midori Sugai | Eagle 7207/Offenhauser TC | 78 | 1,204 | engine | 0 |
| 20 | 8 | Roger McCluskey | 11 | Lindsey Hopkins | Lightning 77 LHL-4/Offenhauser TC | 72 | 1,159 | valve | 0 |
| 21 | 1 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6B/Cosworth TC | 57 | 2,136 | engine | 0 |
| 22 | 19 | Jerry Sneva | 36 | James Bidwell | McLaren M16A 1/Offenhauser TC | 55 | 1,114 | accident | 0 |
| 23 | 23 | Todd Gibson | 22 | Gibson Racing | Eagle 74/DGS | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 24 | 24 | James McElreath | 26 | Jim McElreath | Eagle 74/Offenhauser TC | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |