| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Chassis / Engine |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 2 | 20 | Gordon Johncock | Goodyear (Pat Patrick) | Wildcat / DGS | 117 | 11,803 | running | 58 | 400 |
| 2 | 3 | 21 | Al Unser | American Racing Wheels (Vel Miletich) | Parnelli / Cosworth | 117 | 7,718 | running | 5 | 320 |
| 3 | 4 | 68 | Tom Sneva | Norton Spirit (Roger Penske) | McLaren / Offy | 117 | 4,853 | running | 1 | 280 |
| 4 | 7 | 40 | Wally Dallenbach | Goodyear (Pat Patrick) | Wildcat / DGS | 117 | 3,628 | running | 0 | 240 |
| 5 | 12 | 12 | Mike Mosley | Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell) | Eagle / Offy | 116 | 3,223 | running | 0 | 200 |
| 6 | 6 | 93 | Johnny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Tassi Vatis) | Eagle / Offy | 116 | 2,843 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Johnny Rutherford | Hy-Gain (Bruce McLaren) | McLaren / Offy | 116 | 3,153 | running | 0 | 120 |
| 8 | 11 | 5 | Billy Vukovich, Jr. | Alex Foods (Alex Morales) | Eagle / Offy | 115 | 2,463 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 9 | 19 | 8 | Todd Gibson | Routh Meat Packing (Richard Routh) | Eagle / Offy | 114 | 2,273 | running | 0 | 80 |
| 10 | 14 | 18 | Jan Opperman | Spirit of Truth (Bobby Hillin) | Eagle / Offy | 113 | 2,083 | running | 0 | 60 |
| 11 | 20 | 80 | Larry Dickson | R.P. Racing (Russ Polak) | McLaren / Offy | 113 | 1,988 | running | 0 | 40 |
| 12 | 16 | 86 | Al Loquasto | Frostie Root Beer (Al Loquasto) | McLaren / Offy | 112 | 1,893 | running | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | 15 | 17 | Dick Simon | Bryant Air Conditioning (Rolla Vollstedt) | Vollstedt / Offy | 112 | 1,798 | running | 0 | |
| 14 | 18 | 38 | Bill Simpson | Nikon (Bill Simpson) | Eagle / Offy | 111 | 1,703 | running | 0 | |
| 15 | 21 | 27 | Janet Guthrie | Bryant Air Conditioning (Rolla Vollstedt) | Vollstedt / Offy | 110 | 1,608 | running | 0 | |
| 16 | 9 | 19 | Spike Gehlhausen | Spirit of Indiana (Carl Gehlhausen) | McLaren / Offy | 107 | 1,551 | running | 0 | |
| 17 | 8 | 98 | John Martin | Genesee Beer (Agajanian-Hammond-King) | King / Offy | 102 | 1,513 | oil leak | 0 | |
| 18 | 22 | 43 | Ken Nichols | Hoffman-Bonniventure (Frank Fiore) | Fiore / Offy | 101 | 1,475 | running | 0 | |
| 19 | 1 | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Gilmore Racing (A.J. Foyt) | Coyote / Foyt | 93 | 2,937 | crash | 53 | |
| 20 | 17 | 44 | Roger Rager | Robyn CB (Dick Simon) | Eagle / Foyt | 68 | 1,399 | tire | 0 | |
| 21 | 10 | 24 | Tom Bigelow | Leader Card (Ralph Wilke) | Eagle / Offy | 39 | 1,380 | engine | 0 | |
| 22 | 13 | 7 | Roger McCluskey | Lindsey Hopkins | Hopkins / Offy | 37 | 1,361 | oil pressure | 0 | |
* Race shortened to 117 laps due to rain.
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Failed to qualify: Ed Finley (#79), Greg Hodges (#49), Lee Kunzman (#65), Larry Cannon (#69), Salt Walther (#77)
| Caution flag breakdown: |
| Condition | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps | Reason | 'Lucky Dog' |
 | 1 | 8 | 8 | | |
 | 9 | 11 | 3 | #44 spun | |
 | 12 | 42 | 31 | | |
 | 43 | 47 | 5 | #19 spun | |
 | 48 | 93 | 46 | | |
 | 94 | 98 | 5 | #14 accident | |
 | 99 | 112 | 14 | | |
 | 113 | 117 | 5 | rain | |
| Percent of race run under caution: 15.4% Average green flag run: 24.8 laps |
| Lap leader breakdown: |
| Leader | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps |
| Gordon Johncock | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| A.J. Foyt | 14 | 42 | 29 |
| Tom Sneva | 43 | 43 | 1 |
| Gordon Johncock | 44 | 67 | 24 |
| A.J. Foyt | 68 | 89 | 22 |
| Gordon Johncock | 90 | 90 | 1 |
| A.J. Foyt | 91 | 92 | 2 |
| Al Unser | 93 | 97 | 5 |
| Gordon Johncock | 98 | 117 | 20 |
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