| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Chassis / Engine |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Johnny Rutherford | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Bruce McLaren) | McLaren / Cosworth | 100 | 21,335 | running | 53 | 400 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Tom Sneva | Norton Spirit (Roger Penske) | Penske / Cosworth | 99 | 14,030 | running | 28 | 320 |
| 3 | 8 | 6 | Wally Dallenbach | Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell) | McLaren / Cosworth | 98 | 8,873 | running | 0 | 280 |
| 4 | 9 | 16 | Johnny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Lindsey Hopkins) | Lightning / Offy | 98 | 6,760 | running | 0 | 240 |
| 5 | 7 | 48 | Bobby Unser | ARCO Graphite (Dan Gurney) | Eagle / Cosworth | 96 | 6,195 | out of fuel | 0 | 200 |
| 6 | 4 | 25 | Danny Ongais | Interscope Racing (Ted Field) | Parnelli / Cosworth | 95 | 4,930 | out of fuel | 17 | 160 |
| 7 | 20 | 26 | Jim McElreath | Circle City Coal (Jim McElreath) | Eagle / Offy | 95 | 4,697 | running | 0 | 120 |
| 8 | 19 | 43 | Tom Bigelow | Armstrong Moulding (Sherman Armstrong) | Wildcat / Offy | 94 | 4,465 | out of fuel | 0 | 100 |
| 9 | 18 | 69 | Joe Saldana | Team 69 (Richard Hoffman) | Eagle / Offy | 93 | 3,933 | running | 0 | 80 |
| 10 | 22 | 92 | Al Loquasto | McCord Auto (Tassi Vatis) | Eagle / Offy | 92 | 3,600 | running | 0 | 60 |
| 11 | 11 | 80 | Larry Dickson | Polak Construction (Russ Polak) | McLaren / Cosworth | 91 | 3,434 | engine | 0 | 40 |
| 12 | 17 | 22 | Tom Bagley | Kent Oil (Ralph Wilke) | Watson / Offy | 91 | 3,767 | running | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | 12 | 17 | Dick Simon | La Machine (Rolla Vollstedt) | Vollstedt / Offy | 82 | 3,101 | running | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | 13 | 40 | Steve Krisiloff | Foreman Industries (Pat Patrick) | Wildcat / DGS | 75 | 2,935 | engine | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | 16 | 84 | George Snider | Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt) | Coyote / Foyt | 65 | 2,769 | crash | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | 5 | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt) | Coyote / Foyt | 62 | 4,269 | handling | 2 | 10 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Al Unser | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Jim Hall) | Chaparral / Cosworth | 51 | 4,202 | engine | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | 14 | 77 | Salt Walther | Dayton-Walther (George Walther) | McLaren / Cosworth | 49 | 2,536 | gearbox | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | 6 | 20 | Gordon Johncock | North American Van Lines (Pat Patrick) | Wildcat / DGS | 15 | 2,970 | piston | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | 15 | 19 | Spike Gehlhausen | Tibon (Carl Gehlhausen) | Eagle / Offy | 10 | 2,403 | crash | 0 | 8 |
| 21 | 21 | 87 | Phil Threshie | Machinists Union (Frank Fiore) | Lightning / Offy | 10 | 2,370 | crash | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Rick Mears | Gould Charge (Roger Penske) | Penske / Cosworth | 1 | 2,336 | valve | 0 | 6 |
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Failed to qualify: Jerry Sneva (#30), Roger Rager (#81), Pancho Carter (#8), Sheldon Kinser (#24), Cliff Hucul (#29), Larry Rice (#35), Eldon Rasmussen (#58), Mike Mosley (#78), Larry Cannon (#85)
| Caution flag breakdown: |
| Condition | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps | Reason | 'Lucky Dog' |
 | 1 | 8 | 8 | | |
 | 9 | 14 | 6 | #87 accident turn 4 | |
 | 15 | 30 | 16 | | |
 | 31 | 34 | 4 | #22 spun turn 4 | |
 | 35 | 68 | 34 | | |
 | 69 | 74 | 6 | #84 accident backstretch | |
 | 75 | 100 | 26 | | |
| Percent of race run under caution: 16.0% Average green flag run: 21.0 laps |
| Lap leader breakdown: |
| Leader | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps |
| Tom Sneva | 1 | 28 | 28 |
| Danny Ongais | 29 | 30 | 2 |
| A.J. Foyt | 31 | 32 | 2 |
| Johnny Rutherford | 33 | 35 | 3 |
| Danny Ongais | 36 | 39 | 4 |
| Johnny Rutherford | 40 | 43 | 4 |
| Danny Ongais | 44 | 54 | 11 |
| Johnny Rutherford | 55 | 100 | 46 |
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