Race Results
| Finish | Start | No | Name | Qual | Rank | Laps | Led | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 9 | Rick Mears | 193.736 | 1 | 200 | 25 | Running |
| 2 | 6 | 14 | A.J. Foyt | 189.613 | 6 | 200 | 1 | Running |
| 3 | 12 | 36 | Mike Mosley | 186.278 | 16 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 4 | 27 | 25 | Danny Ongais | 188.009 | 10 | 199 | 0 | Flagged |
| 5 | 4 | 12 | Bobby Unser | 189.913 | 4 | 199 | 89 | Flagged |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Gordon Johncock | 189.753 | 5 | 197 | 0 | Flagged |
| 7 | 13 | 46 | Howdy Holmes | 185.864 | 19 | 195 | 0 | Flagged |
| 8 | 34 | 22 | Bill Vukovich II | 187.042 | 12 | 194 | 0 | Flagged |
| 9 | 15 | 11 | Tom Bagley | 185.414 | 23 | 193 | 0 | Flagged |
| 10 | 31 | 19 | Spike Gehlhausen | 185.061 | 27 | 192 | 0 | Flagged |
| 11 | 28 | 7 | Steve Krisiloff | 186.287 | 15 | 192 | 0 | Flagged |
| 12 | 16 | 77 | Salt Walther | 184.162 | 33 | 191 | 0 | Flagged |
| 13 | 25 | 72 | Roger McCluskey | 183.908 | 35 | 191 | 0 | Flagged |
| 14 | 30 | 44 | Tom Bigelow | 185.147 | 25 | 190 | 0 | Flagged |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | Tom Sneva | 192.999 | 2 | 188 | 0 | Crash T4 |
| 16 | 26 | 69 | Joe Saldana | 188.778 | 7 | 186 | 0 | Flagged |
| 17 | 29 | 97 | Phil Threshie | 185.855 | 20 | 172 | 0 | Flagged |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Johnny Rutherford | 188.137 | 9 | 168 | 0 | Flagged |
| 19 | 23 | 31 | Larry Rice | 184.218 | 31 | 142 | 0 | Crash T2 |
| 20 | 17 | 10 | Pancho Carter | 185.806 | 21 | 129 | 0 | Wheel Bearing |
| 21 | 22 | 34 | Vern Schuppan | 184.341 | 29 | 111 | 0 | Transmission |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Al Unser | 192.503 | 3 | 104 | 85 | Transmission |
| 23 | 33 | 50 | Eldon Rasmussen | 183.927 | 34 | 89 | 0 | Header Pipe |
| 24 | 24 | 80 | Larry Dickson | 184.181 | 32 | 86 | 0 | Fuel Pump |
| 25 | 32 | 92 | John Mahler | 184.322 | 30 | 66 | 0 | Fuel Pump |
| 26 | 20 | 17 | Dick Simon | 185.071 | 26 | 57 | 0 | Clutch |
| 27 | 7 | 6 | Wally Dallenbach, Sr. | 188.285 | 8 | 43 | 0 | Lost Wheel |
| 28 | 10 | 24 | Sheldon Kinser | 186.674 | 13 | 40 | 0 | Piston |
| 29 | 18 | 29 | Cliff Hucul | 186.200 | 17 | 22 | 0 | Rod |
| 30 | 11 | 89 | Lee Kunzman | 186.403 | 14 | 18 | 0 | Scavenger Pump |
| 31 | 21 | 73 | Jerry Sneva | 184.379 | 28 | 16 | 0 | Piston |
| 32 | 9 | 15 | Johnny Parsons | 187.813 | 11 | 16 | 0 | Piston |
| 33 | 35 | 59 | George Snider | 185.319 | 24 | 7 | 0 | Fuel Pump |
| 34 | 14 | 45 | Janet Guthrie | 185.720 | 22 | 3 | 0 | Piston |
| 35 | 19 | 23 | Jim McElreath | 185.880 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Valves |
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