| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Chassis / Engine |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 3 | 7 | Rick Mears | Gould Charge (Roger Penske) | Penske / Cosworth | 150 | 17,656 | running | 23 | 300 |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | Johnny Rutherford | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Bruce McLaren) | McLaren / Cosworth | 150 | 12,151 | running | 1 | 240 |
| 3 | 11 | 6 | Wally Dallenbach | Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell) | McLaren / Cosworth | 148 | 8,081 | running | 0 | 210 |
| 4 | 15 | 40 | Steve Krisiloff | Foreman Industries (Pat Patrick) | Wildcat / DGS | 148 | 5,657 | running | 0 | 180 |
| 5 | 12 | 80 | Larry Dickson | Polak Construction (Russ Polak) | McLaren / Cosworth | 148 | 5,067 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 6 | 13 | 24 | Tom Bigelow | Thermo King (Ralph Wilke) | Watson / Offy | 147 | 4,677 | running | 0 | 120 |
| 7 | 19 | 22 | Tom Bagley | Kent Oil (Ralph Wilke) | Watson / Offy | 145 | 4,682 | running | 0 | 90 |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | Al Unser | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Jim Hall) | Chaparral / Cosworth | 144 | 5,287 | out of fuel | 15 | 75 |
| 9 | 10 | 16 | Johnny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Lindsey Hopkins) | Lightning / Offy | 143 | 3,592 | out of fuel | 0 | 60 |
| 10 | 21 | 35 | Larry Cannon | That's My Car (Larry Cannon) | Wildcat / DGS | 142 | 3,297 | running | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | 16 | 77 | Salt Walther | Dayton-Walther (George Walther) | McLaren / Cosworth | 142 | 3,149 | running | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | 20 | 92 | Al Loquasto | McCord Auto (Tassi Vatis) | Eagle / Offy | 139 | 3,002 | running | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | 14 | 19 | Spike Gehlhausen | Tibon (Carl Gehlhausen) | Eagle / Offy | 138 | 2,854 | running | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | 17 | 78 | Mike Mosley | Alex Foods (Alex Morales) | Lightning / Offy | 136 | 2,907 | out of fuel | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Tom Sneva | Norton Spirit (Roger Penske) | Penske / Cosworth | 128 | 3,359 | out of fuel | 22 | 8 |
| 16 | 1 | 25 | Danny Ongais | Interscope Racing (Ted Field) | Parnelli / Cosworth | 92 | 4,471 | engine | 89 | 8 |
| 17 | 4 | 48 | Bobby Unser | ARCO Graphite (Dan Gurney) | Eagle / Cosworth | 71 | 3,012 | magneto | 0 | 6 |
| 18 | 22 | 17 | Dick Simon | La Machine (Rolla Vollstedt) | Vollstedt / Offy | 57 | 2,353 | oil leak | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Gilmore / 1st National Travelers Checks (A.J. Foyt) | Coyote / Foyt | 50 | 3,894 | handling | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | 19 | 87 | Phil Threshie | Machinists Union (Frank Fiore) | Rascar / Offy | 33 | 2,235 | magneto | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | 7 | 8 | Pancho Carter | Budweiser (Robert Fletcher) | Lightning / Cosworth | 6 | 2,405 | clutch | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | 6 | 20 | Gordon Johncock | North American Van Lines (Pat Patrick) | Wildcat / DGS | 0 | 2,676 | clutch | 0 | 5 |
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