| Pos | St | # | Driver | Chass./Eng. | Laps | Money | Status | Led | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Al Unser | Johnny Lightning 500 (Vel Miletich) | King / Ford | 100 | 8254 | running | 96 | 200 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Mario Andretti | STP Oil Treatment (Andy Granatelli) | King / Ford | 99 | 6304 | running | 4 | 160 |
| 3 | 7 | 20 | Larry Dickson | STP Gas Treatment (Andy Granatelli) | Kuzma / Offy | 99 | 3479 | running | 0 | 140 |
| 4 | 16 | 9 | Mike Mosley | G.C. Murphy (Ralph Wilke) | Watson / Offy | 98 | 1889 | running | 0 | 120 |
| 5 | 10 | 94 | Bentley Warren | Vatis Enterprises (Tassi Vatis) | Vollstedt / Offy | 98 | 1592 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 6 | 12 | 84 | Tom Bigelow | Midwest Manufacturing (Federal Automotive Associates) | Kurtis / Offy | 97 | 1355 | running | 0 | 80 |
| 7 | 3 | 31 | Jim Malloy | Stearns Transi-Tread (Carl Gehlhausen) | Meskowski / Offy | 97 | 1117 | running | 0 | 60 |
| 8 | 11 | 41 | Greg Weld | McIntire Chevrolet (Grant King) | King / Chevy | 95 | 998 | running | 0 | 50 |
| 9 | 5 | 52 | Bob Harkey | Bob Harkey | Meskowski / Offy | 89 | 939 | running | 0 | 40 |
| 10 | 15 | 89 | Roger McCluskey | Quickick (Darwin Maxson) | Meskowski / Offy | 74 | 879 | torsion arm | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | 17 | 77 | Sammy Sessions | Walther's (George Walther) | Silnes / Offy | 71 | 820 | magneto | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | 9 | 18 | Johnny Rutherford | Patrick Petroleum (Walt Michner) | Lesovsky / Offy | 60 | 761 | magneto | 0 | 10 |
| 13 | 4 | 14 | Jim McElreath | Jim McElreath | McElreath / Chevy | 59 | 701 | fuel line | 0 | |
| 14 | 6 | 98 | Bruce Walkup | Wynn's Spitfire (Agajanian-Faas Racers) | Watson / Offy | 45 | 642 | magneto | 0 | |
| 15 | 13 | 24 | George Snider | City of Syracuse (United Championship Racers) | Dunlop / Offy | 31 | 583 | torsion bar | 0 | |
| 16 | 8 | 16 | Gary Bettenhausen | Thermo King (Don Gerhardt) | Ward / Offy | 17 | 523 | fuel pump | 0 | |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | Bill Puterbaugh | MVS Inc. | Ward / Offy | 15 | 464 | exhaust | 0 | |
| 18 | 14 | 39 | Johnny Parsons | Seymour Enterprises (Louis Seymour) | Meskowski / Offy | 12 | 404 | engine | 0 | |