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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Longtime Daytona International Speedway employee Juanita “Lightnin’” Epton has died at the age of 103.

It dated all the way to that first 500 when grandstand capacity was 10,000 and she helped count tickets by hand in the France family kitchen. She was the longest-tenured employee at Daytona ...

Juanita “Lightnin’” Epton, who worked at the Daytona International Speedway ticket office since in opened, died on Thursday, ...