Lightnin’ Epton, longtime fixture of Daytona’s ticket office, dies at age 103

Juanita “Lightnin\\\"” Epton, whose tireless knack for selling tickets with a personal touch made her the longest-tenured employee at Daytona International Speedway, has died. She was 103 years old. Epton was at the ticket window for the first Daytona 500 in 1959, hired a year earlier by NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. while the circuit […]