| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | A.J. Foyt | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Coyote/Foyt TC | 100 | 15,074 | running | 50 |
| 2 | 4 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M24B/Offenhauser TC | 100 | 8,796 | running | 3 |
| 3 | 21 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat/DGS | 98 | 6,218 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24A 5/Cosworth TC | 98 | 4,337 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6B/Cosworth TC | 96 | 5,404 | running | 19 |
| 6 | 10 | Dick Simon | 17 | Rolla Vollstedt | Vollstedt 77 14/Offenhauser TC | 92 | 3,372 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 16 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat/DGS | 74 | 3,705 | engine | 10 |
| 8 | 6 | Bobby Unser | 48 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 78/Cosworth TC | 70 | 3,639 | transmission | 0 |
| 9 | 3 | Rick Mears | 7 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 63 | 2,873 | suspension | 18 |
| 10 | 22 | Joe Saldana | 69 | Richard Hoffman | Eagle 72/Offenhauser TC | 61 | 2,707 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | Pancho Carter | 8 | Robert Fletcher | Lightning 77/Cosworth TC | 48 | 2,823 | accident | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | Jim McElreath | 26 | Jim McElreath | Eagle 74/Offenhauser TC | 46 | 2,640 | electrical | 0 |
| 13 | 15 | Mike Mosley | 78 | Alex Morales | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 44 | 2,657 | engine | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Carl Gehlhausen | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Offenhauser TC | 26 | 2,374 | engine | 0 |
| 15 | 17 | Larry Cannon | 85 | Larry Cannon | Wildcat I/DGS | 19 | 2,291 | transmission | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | Tom Bagley | 22 | Ralph Wilke | Watson/Offenhauser TC | 18 | 2,741 | turbocharger | 0 |
| 17 | 8 | Al Unser | 2 | Jim Hall | Lola T500/Cosworth TC | 11 | 3,808 | suspension | 0 |
| 18 | 12 | Johnny Parsons | 16 | Lindsey Hopkins | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 9 | 2,174 | engine | 0 |
| 19 | 23 | Sheldon Kinser | 24 | Ralph Wilke | Watson/Offenhauser TC | 6 | 2,141 | cooling system | 0 |
| 20 | 14 | Vern Schuppan | 35 | Patrick Santello | Lightning 77 LHL-4/Offenhauser TC | 5 | 2,108 | fuel line | 0 |
| 21 | 20 | Cliff Hucul | 29 | Hucul-Hunter-Arndt | McLaren M16E 2/Offenhauser TC | 0 | 2,091 | turbocharger | 0 |
| 22 | 9 | George Snider | 71 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 0 | did not start | 0 | |
| 23 | 11 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6C/VPJ Cosworth | 0 | did not start | 0 | |
| Dan Gurney | CBS | 0 | color commentary | ||||||
| Ken Squier | CBS | 0 | lead announcer | ||||||
| Paul Page | CBS | 0 | pit reporter |