| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Chassis / Engine |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Johnny Rutherford | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Bruce McLaren) | McLaren / Cosworth | 100 | 7,358 | running | 50 | 280 |
| 1 | 4 | 25 | Danny Ongais | Interscope Racing (Ted Field) | Parnelli / Cosworth | 100 | 18,673 | running | 24 | 400 |
| 16 | 3 | 21 | Al Unser | American Racing Wheels (Vel Miletich) | Parnelli / Cosworth | 47 | 1,642 | transmission | 11 | |
| 2 | 5 | 20 | Gordon Johncock | STP Double Oil Filter (Pat Patrick) | Wildcat / DGS | 100 | 12,285 | running | 8 | 320 |
| 11 | 11 | 24 | Tom Bigelow | Thermo King (Ralph Wilke) | Watson / Offy | 81 | 2,379 | connecting rod | 6 | 40 |
| 4 | 1 | 8 | Tom Sneva | Norton Spirit (Roger Penske) | Penske / Cosworth | 100 | 6,205 | running | 1 | 240 |
| 5 | 14 | 80 | Larry Dickson | WKYG Radio (Russ Polak) | McLaren / Offy | 97 | 4,563 | running | 0 | 200 |
| 6 | 12 | 38 | Rick Mears | Theodore Racing (Teddy Yip) | McLaren / Offy | 96 | 3,822 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 7 | 17 | 90 | Steve Krisiloff | Eastside Cafe (Art Sugai) | Eagle / Offy | 95 | 3,502 | running | 0 | 120 |
| 8 | 6 | 40 | Wally Dallenbach | STP Oil Treatment (Pat Patrick) | Wildcat / DGS | 94 | 3,181 | spun out | 0 | 100 |
| 9 | 22 | 19 | Spike Gehlhausen | Hubler Chevrolet (Carl Gehlhausen) | McLaren / Offy | 92 | 2,860 | running | 0 | 80 |
| 10 | 7 | 48 | Pancho Carter | Jorgensen Steel (Dan Gurney) | Eagle / Offy | 89 | 2,540 | transmission | 0 | 60 |
| 12 | 9 | 73 | Jim McElreath | Carillo Rods (Fred Carrillo) | Eagle / AMC | 77 | 2,219 | turbocharger | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | 21 | 44 | Phil Threshie | Don Kay (Dick Simon) | Eagle / Foyt | 69 | 2,059 | turbocharger | 0 | |
| 14 | 19 | 97 | Billy Vukovich, Jr. | Genesee Beer (Grant King) | King / Offy | 69 | 1,899 | suspension | 0 | |
| 15 | 20 | 22 | Todd Gibson | Baja Boats (Richard Routh) | Eagle / Offy | 67 | 1,738 | overheating | 0 | |
| 17 | 18 | 98 | Gary Bettenhausen | Agajanian (Grant King) | King / Offy | 41 | 1,578 | half shaft | 0 | |
| 18 | 13 | 93 | Johnny Parsons | Tassi Vatis | Eagle / Offy | 34 | 1,514 | turbocharger | 0 | |
| 19 | 15 | 17 | Dick Simon | Bryant Heating (Rolla Vollstedt) | Vollstedt / Offy | 6 | 1,450 | water hose | 0 | |
| 20 | 10 | 11 | Roger McCluskey | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Lindsey Hopkins) | Lightning / Offy | 5 | 1,386 | upright | 0 | |
| 21 | 8 | 6 | Bobby Unser | Cobre Tire / Clayton (Robert Fletcher) | Lightning / Offy | 3 | 1,353 | steering | 0 | |
| 22 | 16 | 27 | Bob Harkey | Bryant Heating (Rolla Vollstedt) | Lightning / Offy | 1 | 1,321 | upright | 0 | |
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Failed to qualify: Joe Saldana (#23), Jerry Sneva (#36), Jerry Grant (#69), Mike Mosley (#5), A.J. Foyt (#14), George Snider (#18), John Mahler (#42)
| Caution flag breakdown: |
| Condition | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps | Reason | 'Lucky Dog' |
 | 1 | 7 | 7 | | |
 | 8 | 13 | 6 | #17 engine | |
 | 14 | 24 | 11 | | |
 | 25 | 31 | 7 | #44 stalled on track | |
 | 32 | 40 | 9 | | |
 | 41 | 50 | 10 | #98 stalled on track | |
 | 51 | 61 | 11 | | |
 | 62 | 65 | 4 | debris | |
 | 66 | 95 | 30 | | |
 | 96 | 99 | 4 | #40 spun | |
 | 100 | 100 | 1 | | |
| Percent of race run under caution: 31.0% Average green flag run: 11.5 laps |
| Lap leader breakdown: |
| Leader | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps |
| Johnny Rutherford | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Danny Ongais | 13 | 21 | 9 |
| Al Unser | 22 | 26 | 5 |
| Tom Bigelow | 27 | 31 | 5 |
| Al Unser | 32 | 37 | 6 |
| Johnny Rutherford | 38 | 42 | 5 |
| Tom Bigelow | 43 | 43 | 1 |
| Johnny Rutherford | 44 | 63 | 20 |
| Gordon Johncock | 64 | 71 | 8 |
| Danny Ongais | 72 | 78 | 7 |
| Johnny Rutherford | 79 | 91 | 13 |
| Tom Sneva | 92 | 92 | 1 |
| Danny Ongais | 93 | 100 | 8 |
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