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| Year | Grand Marshall |
|---|---|
| 1967 | Mike Womer, Chief Marshal |
| 1968 | Alan S. Boyd, Secretary of Transportation |
| 1969 | Fred Hartley, Union Oil President |
| 1970 | Semon E. Knudsen, President of Ford Motor Company |
| 1972 | James Garner, Actor |
| 1973 | Governor George C. Wallace, Alabama Governor |
| 1974 | Major Jacques Maury, Le Mans, France |
| 1975 | Ambassador Alejandro Orfila, Aregentina |
| 1976 | George C. Wallace, Presidental Candidate |
| 1977 | Dr. Joseph Sisco, former Assistant Secretary of State |
| 1978 | George Bush, CIA Director and future President of the United States |
| 1979 | Robert C. Stempel, Pontiac |
| 1980 | August A. Busch III, Anheuser Busch |
| 1981 | Charles J. Pillod Jr, Goodyear |
| 1982 | Edward A. Horrigan Jr., R.J. Reynolds |
| 1983 | Donald M. Kendall, PepsiCo |
| 1984 | William S. McConnor, Union Oil Company |
| 1985 | F. James McDonald, General Motors |
| 1986 | Michael J. Roarty, Anheuser-Busch |
| 1987 | F. Ross Johnson, RJR Nabisco, Inc. |
| 1988 | Dolph Von Arx, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco USA |
| 1989 | Richard Stegemeier, Unocal |
| 1990 | George J.Mitchell, Majority Leader, US Senate |
| 1991 | Jim Sasser, Chairman of Senate Budget Committee, US Senate |
| 1992 | Richard Petty, seven-time Daytona 500 champion |
| 1993 | John D. Dingell, Congressman, Michigan |
| 1994 | Peter S. P. Dimsey, President US Region, MasterCard International |
| 1995 | Ed Woolard, Chairman and CEO, DuPont |
| 1996 | Join R. Leach, Chairman and CEO, Western Auto Supply |
| 1997 | Bob Rewey, Vice President of Sales and Marketing Worldwide, Ford Motor Company |
| 1998 | Governor Bill Graves, Kansas Governor |
| 1999 | Justice Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court Associate |
| 2000 | Sam Gibara, Goodyear Tires |
| 2001 | James P. Kelly, Chairman and CEO, UPS |
| 2002 | Charles Holliday Jr., Chairman and CEO, DuPont |
| 2003 | John Travolta, Actor |
| 2004 | George W. Bush, President |
| 2005 | Matthew McConaughey, Actor |
| 2006 | James Caan, Actor |
| 2007 | Nicolas Cage, Academy Award-Winning Actor |
| 2008 | 24 Living Daytona 500 champions |
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