| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Pat Patrick | Penske PC6/Cosworth TC | 150 | 18,670 | running | 33 |
| 2 | 5 | Rick Mears | 9 | Roger Penske | Penske PC7/Cosworth TC | 150 | 13,000 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M24B 002/Cosworth TC | 150 | running | 0 | |
| 4 | 10 | Al Unser | 2 | Jim Hall | Lola T500/Cosworth TC | 150 | running | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | Bobby Unser | 12 | Roger Penske | Penske PC7/Cosworth TC | 149 | running | 84 | |
| 6 | 7 | Mike Mosley | 36 | Dan Gurney | Eagle 78/Cosworth TC | 148 | running | 0 | |
| 7 | 6 | Wally Dallenbach | 40 | Pat Patrick | Wildcat III/Cosworth TC | 147 | running | 0 | |
| 8 | 9 | Tom Bagley | 11 | Bobby Hillin | Penske PC6 005/Cosworth TC | 145 | running | 0 | |
| 9 | 17 | Lee Kunzman | 21 | Larry Hamm | Parnelli VPJ6C/Cosworth TC | 143 | running | 0 | |
| 10 | 19 | Larry Rice | 35 | Patrick Santello | Lightning 77 LHL-4/Offenhauser TC | 143 | running | 0 | |
| 11 | 21 | Bill Alsup | 41 | William Alsup | McLaren M16C 4/Offenhauser TC | 141 | running | 0 | |
| 12 | 15 | Salt Walther | 77 | George Walther | McLaren M24/Cosworth TC | 139 | running | 0 | |
| 13 | 13 | Joe Saldana | 69 | Richard Hoffman | Eagle 72/Offenhauser TC | 139 | running | 0 | |
| 14 | 18 | Tom Frantz | 28 | Frantz Racing | Wildcat/DGS | 139 | running | 0 | |
| 15 | 4 | Danny Ongais | 25 | Ted Field | Parnelli VPJ6C/Cosworth TC | 128 | engine | 33 | |
| 16 | 11 | Steve Krisiloff | 7 | Robert Fletcher | Lightning 77/Cosworth TC | 63 | gearshift | 0 | |
| 17 | 2 | Tom Sneva | 1 | Jerry O'Connell | McLaren M24/Cosworth TC | 43 | engine | 0 | |
| 18 | 14 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Carl Gehlhausen | Eagle 74 Fletcher/Offenhauser TC | 12 | water line | 0 | |
| 19 | 16 | John Mahler | 92 | John Mahler | Eagle 72 Finley/Offenhauser TC | 12 | piston | 0 | |
| 20 | 12 | Pancho Carter | 10 | Alex Morales | Lightning 77/Offenhauser TC | 7 | gearbox | 0 | |
| 21 | 20 | Vern Schuppan | 34 | Herb Wysard | Wildcat II/Offenhauser TC | 2 | universal joint | 0 | |
| Paul Page | NBC | 0 | color commentary |