Lightnin' strikes: Daytona International Speedway names ticket office after longtime employee

Credit : Social Media [{ "selector": ".gfitn-a", "duration": "2000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 401px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Juanita "Lightnin'" Epton has worked in Daytona International Speedway's ticket office since it opened. Now the office will bear her name.

Credit : Social Media [{ "selector": ".bpwtr-a", "duration": "2000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 341px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Preparing for its summer weekend of NASCAR racing,

Credit : Social Media [{ "selector": ".cgbnj-a", "duration": "2000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 391px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

the speedway renamed the Ticket and Tours building the "Lightnin' Epton Ticket Office" on Thursday, Aug. 25.

Credit : Social Media [{ "selector": ".omoxw-a", "duration": "2000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 357px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Epton, 102, resides in Ormond Beach but still spends much of her time at the office selling tickets to the races. She began her career working alongside Anne B.

Credit : Social Media [{ "selector": ".lmmiq-a", "duration": "2000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 300px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

France, NASCAR founder Bill France Sr.'s wife.

Credit : Social Media [{ "selector": ".qmdef-a", "duration": "2000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 404px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Epton sold tickets to the races on the beach and road course before the speedway opened.

Credit : Social Media [{ "selector": ".jgdgs-a", "duration": "2000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 404px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

She watched the speedway being built from the ground up and was one of the first people to walk down the staircase of the new facility in 1959.

Credit : Social Media [{ "selector": ".ubfsu-a", "duration": "2000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 317px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

"It was a wonderful feeling to watch it start out from dirt and wound up becoming what it is," Epton said.

Credit : Social Media [{ "selector": ".eoagl-a", "duration": "2000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 342px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

For Read More Posts, Click Below

[{ "selector": ".owanf-a", "duration": "2000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 361px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".xtpuk-a", "duration": "1500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "rotate(-580deg) scale(0.1)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "rotate(0deg) scale(1)", "opacity": "1"} ] }] Click Here