| Rider | Hometown | Motos | |
|---|
| 1 | Rex Staten |  Fontana, CA | 1 - 2 | |
| 2 | Danny Laporte | Yucca Valley, CA | 3 - 1 | |
| 3 | Mike Bell | Lakewood, CA | 2 - 3 | |
| 4 | Marty Moates | San Diego, CA | 4 - 6 | |
| 5 | Arlo Englund | Colorado Springs, CO | 8 - 7 | |
| 6 | Mark Rakestraw | Memphis, TN | 9 - 8 | Maico |
| 7 | Greg Theiss | Omaha, NE | 5 - 13 | |
| 8 | Mickey Boone | Winston Salem, NC | 10 - 9 | |
| 9 | Monte Anderson | Midlothian, TX | 11 - 11 | Maico |
| 10 | Steve Stackable | Austin, TX | - 4 | |
| 11 | Gary Semics | Lisbon, OH | - 5 | |
| 12 | Parry Klassen | Reedley, CA | 16 - 10 | Maico |
| 13 | Wayne Boyer | Poway, CA | 14 - 12 | |
| 14 | Mickey Kessler | Farmingdale, NJ | 6 | |
| 15 | John Day | Coweta, OK | 12 - 16 | |
| 16 | Tommy Croft | San Diego, CA | 7 | |
| 17 | Randy Kirschbaum | Wichita, KS | 13 | |
| 18 | Darrell Shultz | Orangevale, CA | - 14 | |
| 19 | Ross Williams | Medina, OH | - 15 | |
| 20 | Goat Breker | Anaheim, CA | 15 | |
| 21 | David Gerig | Vista, CA | - 17 | |
| 22 | Gary Shipley | Washington, PA | 19 - 19 | Maico |
| 23 | Jimmy Ellis | Cobalt, CT | 17 | |
| 24 | Bill Jewell | North Hollywood, CA | - 18 | Maico |
| 25 | David Jordan | Hattiesburg, MS | 18 | |
| 26 | Maby McIntyre | El Paso, TX | - 20 | |
| 27 | Terrence Martz | East Stroudsburg, PA | 20 | Maico |
