▁ 2 0 1 4 : ▁Le An n ▁R imes ▁ 2 0 1 5 : ▁J ordin ▁S par ks ▁ 2 0 1 6 : ▁D arius ▁R ucker ▁ 2 0 1 7 : ▁B eb e ▁R ex ha ▁ 2 0 1 8 : ▁Kelly ▁Clark son ▁ 2 0 1 9 : ▁Kelly ▁Clark son ▁ ▁Other ▁songs ▁In ▁most ▁years ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁the ▁songs ▁" America ▁the ▁Beautiful " ▁and / or ▁" G od ▁B less ▁America " ▁have ▁been ▁performed . ▁Florence ▁Hend erson , ▁a ▁native ▁Ho os ier , ▁was ▁a ▁friend ▁of ▁the ▁H ul man - Ge orge ▁family ▁that ▁own s ▁the ▁Speed way . ▁Hend erson ▁performed ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁songs ▁numerous ▁times , ▁book - ending ▁years ▁when ▁she ▁performed ▁the ▁national ▁anth em ▁instead . ▁Her ▁performances ▁were ▁usually ▁not ▁tele vised . ▁ ▁The ▁performance ▁of ▁" America ▁the ▁Beautiful " ▁was ▁introduced ▁for ▁the ▁race ' s ▁ 7 5 th ▁anni versary ▁running ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁in ▁part ▁due ▁to ▁Operation ▁Des ert ▁Storm . ▁Hend erson ▁switched ▁to ▁the ▁national ▁anth em ▁for ▁ 1 9 9 3 – 1 9 9 7 , ▁then ▁res umed ▁" America ▁the ▁Beautiful " ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁her ▁performance ▁was ▁switched ▁to ▁" G od ▁B less ▁America ," ▁which ▁became ▁more