International 500 Mile
Sweepstakes
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
2.5 Mile Paved Oval
102 Laps/255 Miles
May 30, 1976
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | Johnny Rutherford | 2 | Hy-Gain | McLaren | Offy TC | 102 | 1:42:52.48 148.725 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 5 | A. J. Foyt | 14 | Gilmore Racing | Coyote | Foyt TC | 102 | 1:43:07.84 148.355 | 800 |
| 3 | 2 | Gordon Johncock | 20 | Sinmast/Goodyear | Wildcat 2 | DGS | 102 | 1:44:37.43 146.238 | 700 |
| 4 | 7 | Wally Dallenbach | 40 | Sinmast Goodyear | Wildcat 2 | DGS | 101 | Flagged - rain 147.156 | 600 |
| 5 | 6 | Pancho Carter | 48 | Jorgensen Steel | Eagle | Offy TC | 101 | Flagged - rain 147.134 | 500 |
| 6 | 3 | Tom Sneva | 68 | Norton Spirit | McLaren | Offy TC | 101 | Flagged - rain 146.830 | 400 |
| 7 | 4 | Al Unser | 21 | American Racing Wheels | Parnelli | Cosworth TC | 101 | Flagged - rain 145.578 | 300 |
| 8 | 19 | Mario Andretti | 6 | CAM2 Motor Oil | McLaren | Offy TC | 101 | Flagged - rain 144.652 | 250 |
| 9 | 22 | Salt Walther | 77 | Dayton-Walther | McLaren | Offy TC | 100 | Flagged - rain 144.492 | 200 |
| 10 | 12 | Bobby Unser | 3 | Cobre Tire | Eagle | Offy TC | 100 | Flagged - rain 144.235 | 150 |
| 11 | 30 | Lloyd Ruby | 51 | Fairco Drugs | Eagle | Offy TC | 100 | Flagged - rain 143.797 | 100 |
| 12 | 14 | Johnny Parsons | 93 | Ayr-Way/WIRE | Eagle | Offy TC | 98 | Flagged - rain 142.859 | 50 |
| 13 | 27 | George Snider | 23 | Hubler Chevrolet | Eagle | Offy TC | 98 | Flagged - rain 142.580 | |
| 14 | 32 | Tom Bigelow | 24 | Leader Card | Eagle | Offy TC | 98 | Flagged - rain 141.745 | |
| 15 | 11 | Mike Mosley | 12 | Sugaripe Prune | Eagle | Offy TC | 98 | Flagged - rain 140.547 | |
| 16 | 33 | Jan Opperman | 8 | Routh Meat | Eagle | Offy TC | 97 | Flagged - rain 141.743 | |
| 17 | 10 | Larry Cannon | 69 | American Financial | Eagle | Offy TC | 97 | Flagged - rain 139.861 | |
| 18 | 17 | Vern Schuppan | 9 | Jorgensen Steel | Eagle | Offy TC | 97 | Flagged - rain 139.834 | |
| 19 | 29 | Sheldon Kinser | 97 | The Bottomhalf | King | Offy TC | 97 | Flagged - rain 139.316 | |
| 20 | 28 | Bob Harkey | 96 | McIntire Centers | King | Offy TC | 97 | Flagged - rain 139.225 | |
| 21 | 15 | John Martin | 98 | Genesee Beer | King | Offy TC | 96 | Flagged - rain 139.287 | |
| 22 | 18 | Bill Puterbaugh | 83 | McNamara | Eagle | Offy TC | 96 | Flagged - rain 138.928 | |
| 23 | 21 | Billy Scott | 28 | Spirit of Public Enterprise | Eagle | Offy TC | 96 | Flagged - rain 137.839 | |
| 24 | 23 | Steve Krisiloff | 92 | 1st National Travel Check | Eagle | Offy TC | 95 | Flagged - rain 137.457 | |
| 25 | 24 | Al Loquasto | 86 | Frostie Root Beer | McLaren | Offy TC | 95 | Flagged - rain 137.376 | |
| 26 | 26 | Larry McCoy | 63 | Shurfine Foods | Rascar | Offy TC | 91 | Flagged - rain 132.515 | |
| 27 | 20 | Jerry Grant | 73 | California-Oklahoma | Eagle | AMC | 91 | Flagged - rain 132.322 | |
| 28 | 8 | Gary Bettenhausen | 45 | Thermo King | Eagle | Offy TC | 52 | Broken turbocharger | |
| 29 | 31 | David Hobbs | 33 | Dayton-Walther | McLaren | Offy TC | 10 | Water leak | |
| 30 | 13 | Roger McCluskey | 7 | Hopkins | Hopkins | Offy TC | 8 | Wrecked turn 3 | |
| 31 | 9 | Billy Vukovich, Jr. | 5 | Alex Foods | Eagle | Offy TC | 2 | Broken connecting rod | |
| 32 | 16 | Dick Simon | 17 | Bryant Heating | Vollstedt | Offy TC | 1 | Broken connecting rod | |
| 33 | 25 | Spike Gehlhausen | 19 | Spirit of Indiana | McLaren | Offy TC | 0 | Lost oil pressure | |
| -- | -- | Ed Crombie | 67 | Crombie | X | Offy TC | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Larry Dickson | 65 | S&M Electric | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bill Engelhart | 44 | Lan Hairpiece | Eagle | Foyt TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | A. J. Foyt | 1 | Gilmore Racing | Coyote | Foyt TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Janet Guthrie | 1 | Gilmore Racing | Coyote | Foyt TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Janet Guthrie | 17 | Bryant Heating | Vollstedt | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Janet Guthrie | 27 | Bryant Heating & Cooling | Vollstedt | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jim Hurtubise | 56 | Moran Electric | Mallard | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Mike Hiss | 11 | Hopkins | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Jerry Karl | 8 | Routh Meat | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Lee Kunzman | 65 | S&M Electric | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Mel Kenyon | 61 | Dave McIntire | X | Offy TC | -- | Wrecked qualifying, SE | |
| -- | -- | Steve Krisiloff | 8 | Routh Meat | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Ed Miller | 46 | Thermo King | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Wrecked practice | |
| -- | -- | Jim McElreath | 76 | Webster Racing | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jim McElreath | 65 | S&M Electric | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | John Mahler | 91 | Spirit of Indiana | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | John Mahler | 19 | Spirit of Indiana | McLaren | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | John Mahler | 92 | 1st National Travel Check | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Rick Muther | 99 | Joe Hunt Magneto | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bobby Olivero | 78 | Alex Foods | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jan Opperman | 42 | Spirit of Truth | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Al Unser | 25 | American Racing Wheels | Parnelli | Cosworth | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Eldon Rasmussen | 58 | Anacomp | Rascar | Foyt TC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Johnny Rutherford | 15 | McLaren/Goodyear | McLaren | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Bill Simpson | 38 | Nikon | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Dick Simon | 27 | Bryant Heating & Cooling | Vollstedt | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Dick Simon | 44 | Lan Hairpiece | Eagle | Foyt TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Vern Schuppan | 48 | Jorgensen Steel | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Woody Fisher | 52 | Schlitz | X | X | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Gary Allbritain | 75 | Routh Meat | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Entry declined |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Johnny Rutherford | 48 | 1-3, 39-60, 80-102 |
| A. J. Foyt | 29 | 4-13, 61-79 |
| Gordon Johncock | 18 | 20-37 |
| Pancho Carter | 3 | 14-16 |
| Wally Dallenbach | 3 | 17-19 |
| Tom Sneva | 1 | 38 |