| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Chassis / Engine |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 7 | 2 | Al Unser | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Jim Hall) | Chaparral / Cosworth | 200 | 80,795 | running | 74 | 1000 |
| 2 | 6 | 8 | Pancho Carter | Budweiser (Robert Fletcher) | Lightning / Cosworth | 195 | 34,770 | running | 0 | 800 |
| 3 | 9 | 20 | Gordon Johncock | North American Van Lines (Pat Patrick) | Wildcat / DGS | 194 | 24,545 | fuel pickup | 16 | 700 |
| 4 | 13 | 22 | Tom Bagley | Kent Oil (Ralph Wilke) | Watson / Offy | 194 | 14,395 | running | 0 | 600 |
| 5 | 27 | 90 | Lee Kunzman | Hank's Datsun (Art Sugai) | Sugai / Offy | 180 | 10,695 | running | 0 | 500 |
| 6 | 29 | 28 | Roger Mears | Galles Chevrolet (Wheel Center) | Eagle / Offy | 158 | 8,385 | running | 0 | 400 |
| 7 | 14 | 40 | Steve Krisiloff | Foreman Industries (Pat Patrick) | Wildcat / DGS | 153 | 7,670 | crash | 0 | 300 |
| 8 | 18 | 18 | Cliff Hucul | Longhorn Racing (Bobby Hillin) | Wildcat / DGS | 151 | 7,195 | crash | 0 | 250 |
| 9 | 4 | 7 | Rick Mears | Gould Charge (Roger Penske) | Penske / Cosworth | 150 | 6,720 | engine | 0 | 200 |
| 10 | 8 | 6 | Wally Dallenbach | Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell) | McLaren / Cosworth | 148 | 6,645 | engine | 0 | 150 |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Johnny Rutherford | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Bruce McLaren) | McLaren / Cosworth | 129 | 20,970 | engine | 96 | 100 |
| 12 | 3 | 25 | Danny Ongais | Interscope Racing (Ted Field) | Parnelli / Cosworth | 126 | 5,995 | fuel pump | 7 | 50 |
| 13 | 11 | 48 | Bobby Unser | ARCO Graphite (Dan Gurney) | Eagle / Cosworth | 123 | 5,775 | exhaust header | 0 | 25 |
| 14 | 16 | 17 | Dick Simon | La Machine (Rolla Vollstedt) | Vollstedt / Offy | 108 | 5,055 | overheating | 0 | 25 |
| 15 | 10 | 16 | Johnny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Lindsey Hopkins) | Lightning / Offy | 95 | 4,940 | overheating | 0 | 25 |
| 16 | 15 | 78 | Mike Mosley | Alex Foods (Alex Morales) | Lightning / Offy | 78 | 5,020 | crash | 0 | 25 |
| 17 | 20 | 24 | Sheldon Kinser | Thermo King (Ralph Wilke) | Watson / Offy | 72 | 4,700 | oil pressure | 0 | 20 |
| 18 | 22 | 99 | Bob Harkey | Joe Hunt Magneto (Joe Hunt) | Eagle / Offy | 60 | 4,580 | engine | 0 | 20 |
| 19 | 30 | 87 | Al Loquasto | Machinists Union (Frank Fiore) | Rascar / Offy | 40 | 4,465 | piston | 0 | 20 |
| 20 | 31 | 26 | Jim McElreath | Circle City Coal (Jim McElreath) | Eagle / Offy | 37 | 4,445 | piston | 0 | 20 |
| 21 | 5 | 19 | Spike Gehlhausen | Tibon (Carl Gehlhausen) | Eagle / Offy | 26 | 4,225 | engine block | 0 | 15 |
| 22 | 23 | 85 | Larry Cannon | Natural Lite Beer (Larry Cannon) | Wildcat / DGS | 22 | 4,110 | oil leak | 0 | 15 |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | Tom Sneva | Norton Spirit (Roger Penske) | Penske / Cosworth | 18 | 5,390 | crash | 7 | 15 |
| 24 | 28 | 60 | Roger McCluskey | North American Van Lines (Pat Patrick) | Wildcat / Offy | 12 | 4,070 | overheating | 0 | 15 |
| 25 | 21 | 30 | Jerry Sneva | Thunder Racing (Marv Schmidt) | McLaren / Offy | 10 | 3,750 | manifold | 0 | 10 |
| 26 | 26 | 32 | Billy Vukovich, Jr. | Sugaripe Prune (Jerry O'Connell) | Lightning / Cosworth | 9 | 3,635 | clutch | 0 | 10 |
| 27 | 25 | 14 | George Snider | Gilmore / Citicorp (A.J. Foyt) | Coyote / Foyt | 4 | 3,515 | clutch | 0 | 10 |
| 28 | 24 | 21 | A.J. Foyt | Gilmore / American Racing (Vel Miletich) | Parnelli / Cosworth | 1 | 5,995 | gearbox | 0 | 10 |
| 29 | 12 | 77 | Salt Walther | Dayton-Walther (George Walther) | McLaren / Cosworth | 0 | 3,275 | crash | 0 | 5 |
| 30 | 17 | 47 | Phil Threshie | Machinists Union (Phil Threshie) | Lightning / Offy | 0 | 3,155 | crash | 0 | 5 |
| 31 | 19 | 38 | Jerry Karl | Bentzel Construction (Ralph Bentzel) | McLaren / Offy | 0 | 3,040 | did not start | 0 | 5 |
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