| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Rick Mears | 7 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 150 | 17,656 | running | 23 |
| 2 | 5 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M24B/Cosworth TC | 150 | 12,151 | running | 1 |
| 3 | 11 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24A 5/Cosworth TC | 148 | 8,081 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 15 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat/DGS | 148 | 5,657 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 12 | Larry Dickson | 80 | Russ Polak | Penske PC5/Cosworth TC | 148 | 5,067 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | Tom Bigelow | 24 | Ralph Wilke | Watson/Offenhauser TC | 147 | 4,677 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 18 | Tom Bagley | 22 | Ralph Wilke | Watson/Offenhauser TC | 145 | 4,682 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | Al Unser | 2 | Jim Hall | Lola T500 HU1/Cosworth TC | 144 | 5,287 | out of fuel | 15 |
| 9 | 10 | Johnny Parsons | 16 | Lindsey Hopkins | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 143 | 3,592 | out of fuel | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | Larry Cannon | 85 | Larry Cannon | Wildcat I/DGS | 142 | 3,297 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 16 | Salt Walther | 77 | George Walther | McLaren M24/Cosworth TC | 142 | 3,149 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 20 | Al Loquasto | 92 | Tassi Vatis | Eagle 72 Finley/Offenhauser TC | 139 | 3,002 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Carl Gehlhausen | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Offenhauser TC | 138 | 2,854 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 17 | Mike Mosley | 78 | Alex Morales | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 136 | 2,907 | out of fuel | 0 |
| 15 | 2 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 128 | 3,359 | out of fuel | 22 |
| 16 | 1 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6B/VPJ Cosworth | 92 | 4,471 | engine | 89 |
| 17 | 4 | Bobby Unser | 48 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 78/Cosworth TC | 71 | 3,012 | magneto | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | Dick Simon | 17 | Rolla Vollstedt | Vollstedt 77 14/Offenhauser TC | 57 | 2,353 | oil leak | 0 |
| 19 | 9 | A.J. Foyt | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Coyote/Foyt TC | 50 | 3,894 | handling | 0 |
| 20 | 19 | Phil Threshie | 87 | Frank Fiore | Atlanta 72 2/Offenhauser TC | 33 | 2,235 | magneto | 0 |
| 21 | 7 | Pancho Carter | 8 | Robert Fletcher | Lightning 77/Cosworth TC | 6 | 2,405 | clutch | 0 |
| 22 | 6 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat/DGS | 0 | 2,676 | clutch | 0 |
| Dan Gurney | CBS | 0 | color commentary | ||||||
| Ken Squier | CBS | 0 | lead announcer | ||||||
| Brock Yates | CBS | 0 | pit reporter |