| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Al Unser | 2 | Jim Hall | Lola T500 HU2/Cosworth TC | 200 | 80,795 | running | 74 |
| 2 | 6 | Pancho Carter | 8 | Robert Fletcher | Lightning 77/Cosworth TC | 195 | 34,770 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat II/DGS | 194 | 24,545 | fuel pickup | 16 |
| 4 | 13 | Tom Bagley | 22 | Ralph Wilke | Watson/Offenhauser TC | 194 | 14,395 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 27 | Lee Kunzman | 90 | Art Sugai | Sugai Fox/Offenhauser TC | 180 | 10,695 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 29 | Roger Mears | 28 | Wheel Center | Eagle 7219/Offenhauser TC | 158 | 8,385 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 14 | Steve Krisiloff | 40 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat/DGS | 153 | 7,670 | accident | 0 |
| 8 | 18 | Cliff Hucul | 18 | Bobby Hillin | Wildcat I/DGS | 151 | 7,195 | accident | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | Rick Mears | 7 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 150 | 6,720 | engine | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | Wally Dallenbach | 6 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24A 5/Cosworth TC | 148 | 6,645 | engine | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M24B/Offenhauser TC | 129 | 20,970 | engine | 96 |
| 12 | 3 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli/VPJ Cosworth | 126 | 5,995 | fuel pump | 7 |
| 13 | 11 | Bobby Unser | 48 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 78/Cosworth TC | 123 | 5,775 | exhaust header | 0 |
| 14 | 16 | Dick Simon | 17 | Rolla Vollstedt | Vollstedt 77 14/Offenhauser TC | 108 | 5,055 | overheating | 0 |
| 15 | 10 | Johnny Parsons | 16 | Lindsey Hopkins | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 95 | 4,940 | overheating | 0 |
| 16 | 15 | Mike Mosley | 78 | Alex Morales | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 78 | 5,020 | accident | 0 |
| 17 | 20 | Sheldon Kinser | 24 | Ralph Wilke | Watson/Offenhauser TC | 72 | 4,700 | oil pressure | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | Bob Harkey | 99 | Joe Hunt | Eagle 7302/Offenhauser TC | 60 | 4,580 | engine | 0 |
| 19 | 30 | Al Loquasto | 87 | Frank Fiore | Atlanta 72 2/Offenhauser TC | 40 | 4,465 | piston | 0 |
| 20 | 31 | Jim McElreath | 26 | Jim McElreath | Eagle 74/Offenhauser TC | 37 | 4,445 | piston | 0 |
| 21 | 5 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Carl Gehlhausen | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Offenhauser TC | 26 | 4,225 | block | 0 |
| 22 | 23 | Larry Cannon | 85 | Larry Cannon | Wildcat I/DGS | 21 | 4,110 | oil leak | 0 |
| 23 | 1 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Roger Penske | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 18 | 5,390 | accident | 7 |
| 24 | 28 | Roger McCluskey | 60 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat/Offenhauser V8 | 12 | 4,070 | overheating | 0 |
| 25 | 21 | Jerry Sneva | 30 | Marv Schmidt | McLaren M16B 3/Offenhauser TC | 10 | 3,750 | manifold | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | Billy Vukovich | 32 | Jerry O'Connell | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 9 | 3,635 | clutch | 0 |
| 27 | 25 | George Snider | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Coyote/Foyt TC | 4 | 3,515 | clutch | 0 |
| 28 | 24 | A.J. Foyt | 21 | Vel Miletich | Parnelli VPJ6C 005/VPJ Cosworth | 1 | 5,995 | gearbox | 0 |
| 29 | 12 | Salt Walther | 77 | George Walther | McLaren M24/Cosworth TC | 0 | 3,275 | accident | 0 |
| 30 | 17 | Phil Threshie | 47 | Philip Threshie | Lightning 76 1/Offenhauser TC | 0 | 3,155 | accident | 0 |
| 31 | 19 | Jerry Karl | 38 | Ralph Bentzel | McLaren M16C 6/Offenhauser TC | 0 | 3,040 | did not start | 0 |