| Year |
Grand Marshal |
| 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 |
| 2009 |
Charlie Crist, Florida Governor |
| 2010 |
Junior Johnson, 1960 Daytona 500 Champion |
