| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Al Unser | 2 | Jim Hall | Lola T500 HU1/Cosworth TC | 200 | 89,046 | running | 65 |
| 2 | 3 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M24B/Cosworth TC | 200 | 41,996 | running | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6B/Cosworth TC | 200 | 26,671 | running | 10 |
| 4 | 12 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24A 5/Cosworth TC | 198 | 16,871 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 14 | Larry Dickson | 80 | Russ Polak | Penske PC5/Cosworth TC | 196 | 13,021 | cylinder head | 10 |
| 6 | 16 | George Snider | 84 | A.J. Foyt | Coyote/Foyt TC | 196 | 10,221 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 22 | Mike Mosley | 78 | Alex Morales | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 193 | 9,621 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | A.J. Foyt | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Coyote/Foyt TC | 190 | 10,321 | engine | 20 |
| 9 | 29 | Al Loquasto | 92 | Tassi Vatis | Eagle 72 Finley/Offenhauser TC | 189 | 8,221 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 9 | Pancho Carter | 8 | Robert Fletcher | Lightning 77/Cosworth TC | 188 | 7,871 | gearboc | 0 |
| 11 | 23 | Larry Cannon | 85 | Larry Cannon | Wildcat I/DGS | 188 | 7,071 | engine | 0 |
| 12 | 27 | Sheldon Kinser | 24 | Ralph Wilke | Watson/Offenhauser TC | 185 | 6,571 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 8 | Salt Walther | 77 | George Walther | McLaren M24/Cosworth TC | 175 | 6,221 | transmission | 0 |
| 14 | 5 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat/DGS | 165 | 6,721 | piston | 15 |
| 15 | 18 | Tom Bigelow | 43 | Sherman Armstrong | Wildcat II/DGS | 161 | 6,271 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 24 | Jerry Sneva | 30 | Marv Schmidt | McLaren M16B 3/Offenhauser TC | 159 | 6,921 | turbocharger | 0 |
| 17 | 19 | Cliff Hucul | 29 | Hucul-Hunter-Arndt | McLaren M16E 2/Offenhauser TC | 158 | 5,771 | fuel pump | 0 |
| 18 | 28 | Jerry Karl | 38 | Ralph Bentzel | McLaren M16C 6/Offenhauser TC | 149 | 5,621 | engine | 0 |
| 19 | 1 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6B/VPJ Cosworth | 130 | 6,321 | transmission | 59 |
| 20 | 7 | Bobby Unser | 48 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 78/Cosworth TC | 116 | 5,921 | suspension | 0 |
| 21 | 17 | Joe Saldana | 69 | Richard Hoffman | Eagle 72/Offenhauser TC | 112 | 5,171 | valve | 0 |
| 22 | 11 | Johnny Parsons | 16 | Lindsey Hopkins | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 83 | 5,021 | overheating | 0 |
| 23 | 6 | Mario Andretti | 7 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6 003/Cosworth TC | 73 | 5,321 | gearbox | 1 |
| 24 | 32 | Phil Threshie | 87 | Frank Fiore | Lightning 76 1/Offenhauser TC | 63 | 4,721 | engine | 0 |
| 25 | 25 | Jim McElreath | 26 | Jim McElreath | Eagle 74/Offenhauser TC | 58 | 4,671 | accident | 0 |
| 26 | 15 | Tom Bagley | 22 | Ralph Wilke | Watson/Offenhauser TC | 55 | 4,421 | accident | 0 |
| 27 | 26 | Bubby Jones | 18 | Bobby Hillin | Wildcat I/DGS | 52 | 4,271 | turbocharger | 0 |
| 28 | 31 | Billy Vukovich | 81 | Wayne Woodward | Eagle/Offenhauser TC | 52 | 4,121 | piston | 0 |
| 29 | 30 | Gary Bettenhausen | 98 | Grant King | Dragon 76/Offenhauser TC | 46 | 3,971 | stalled | 0 |
| 30 | 21 | Dick Simon | 17 | Rolla Vollstedt | Vollstedt 77 14/Offenhauser TC | 36 | 3,821 | piston | 0 |
| 31 | 20 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Carl Gehlhausen | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Offenhauser TC | 34 | 3,671 | valve | 0 |
| 32 | 13 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat/DGS | 13 | 3,571 | accident | 0 |
| 33 | 33 | Lee Kunzman | 90 | Art Sugai | Sugai Fox/Offenhauser TC | 1 | 3,571 | oil pressure | 0 |