| Pos | St | # | Driver | Chass./Eng. | Laps | Money | Status | Led | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Al Unser | Johnny Lightning 500 (Vel Miletich) | Colt / Ford | 200 | 15317 | running | 200 | 400 |
| 2 | 5 | 11 | Roger McCluskey | Quickick (Hayhoe Racing Enterprises) | Scorpion / Ford | 196 | 7436 | running | 0 | 320 |
| 3 | 14 | 23 | Mel Kenyon | Sprite (Lindsey Hopkins) | Eagle / Ford | 193 | 4100 | running | 0 | 280 |
| 4 | 12 | 94 | Bentley Warren | Vatis Enterprises (Tassi Vatis) | Finley / Offy | 192 | 2887 | running | 0 | 240 |
| 5 | 9 | 9 | Mike Mosley | G.C. Murphy (Ralph Wilke) | Watson / Offy | 192 | 2406 | running | 0 | 200 |
| 6 | 13 | 28 | Bill Simpson | Carborundum-Kynol (Bill Simpson) | Cheetah / Chevy | 189 | 2165 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 7 | 6 | 7 | A.J. Foyt | Sheraton / Thompson (A.J. Foyt) | Coyote / Ford | 187 | 1925 | running | 0 | 120 |
| 8 | 16 | 101 | Dee Jones | Serendipity (Pat O'Reilly) | Watson / Ford | 186 | 1804 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 9 | 11 | 22 | Wally Dallenbach | Sprite (Lindsey Hopkins) | Eagle / Offy | 181 | 1684 | turbocharger | 0 | 80 |
| 10 | 19 | 61 | Max Dudley | Dudley Trucking (Max Dudley) | Gerhardt / Chevy | 174 | 1564 | running | 0 | 60 |
| 11 | 10 | 77 | Art Pollard | Walther's Tyrone (George Walther) | Morris / Ford | 171 | 1444 | running | 0 | 40 |
| 12 | 15 | 52 | Jerry Karl | Trackstar Helmet (Jerry Karl) | Gerhardt / Chevy | 159 | 1323 | engine | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | 21 | 34 | Tom Bigelow | Midwest Manufacturing (Carl Gehlhausen) | Huffaker / Chevy | 154 | 1203 | engine | 0 | |
| 14 | 22 | 100 | John Mahler | Mahler Eagle 100 (John Mahler) | Eagle / Chevy | 132 | 1083 | engine | 0 | |
| 15 | 17 | 73 | Bruce Jacobi | Southwest Lift Truck (Bob Cavanaugh) | Halibrand / Chevy | 107 | 962 | oil pressure | 0 | |
| 16 | 25 | 50 | Bob Harkey | Bob Harkey | Meskowski / Offy | 89 | 842 | clutch | 0 | |
| 17 | 7 | 16 | Gary Bettenhausen | Thermo King (Don Gerhardt) | Gerhardt / Offy | 78 | 722 | manifold | 0 | |
| 18 | 23 | 47 | Larry Cannon | Autotron Photo (Richard Blacker) | Philipp / Chevy | 72 | 601 | spun out | 0 | |
| 19 | 3 | 3 | Bobby Unser | Wagner Lockheed (Ralph Wilke) | Eagle / Ford | 26 | 481 | fuel coupling | 0 | |
| 20 | 12 | 12 | Lloyd Ruby | Daniels Cablevision (Gene White) | Laycock / Ford | 18 | 481 | water tube | 0 | |
| 21 | 8 | 18 | Johnny Rutherford | Patrick Petroleum (Walt Michner) | Eagle / Offy | 14 | 481 | magneto | 0 | |
| 22 | 24 | 74 | Arnie Knepper | Ron Burke | Moore / Offy | 7 | 481 | oil leak | 0 | |
| 23 | 18 | 98 | Bruce Walkup | Wynn's Spitfire (Agajanian-Faas Racers) | Edmunds / Offy | 7 | 481 | turbocharger | 0 | |
| 24 | 4 | 1 | Mario Andretti | STP Oil Treatment (Andy Granatelli) | McNamara / Ford | 4 | 981 | valve | 0 | |
| 25 | 20 | 37 | Bud Tingelstad | Green Construction (Green Construction) | Meskowski / Chevy | 0 | 481 | sump gear | 0 | |
| 26 | 26 | 39 | Karl Busson | Seymour Enterprises (Louis Seymour) | Gerhardt / Chevy | 0 | 481 | did not start | 0 | |