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I remember the white sands at Magnolia Gardens when I was a kid.  My parents enjoyed going there many a time.  They saw Elvis when he was there.  I remember going with them around '62 and George Jones was playing there at the time.  During a break I took a picture George Jones leaning on his white '60 Ford Falcon with a broken head light and a Pearl beer on the hood.  He was wearing his cool flat top at the time.  'Ol George was my Dad's favorite country singer.  I'll find that picture and post it on here one day.  

I'm a native Houstonian and new to this board. I located a video of Playland Speedway a few years ago. Shows the old jalopies racing around the asphalt track. You can see the bleachers on the straightaway and the Playland Park roller coaster behind it. It's even in color. Dates around 1955 and 1957. Also shows video of A.J. Foyt racing on another track somewhere north of Houston. Really cool.

I use to go to Playland Speedway when I was a kid in the 50's. My favorite drivers were A.J. Foyt and another driver named Billy Wade. (Both drivers were succesful in later years of course but I was told Billy was killed at Daytona during a tire test run in the 60's or 70's.) When I couldn't make it to the track on Saturday nights I'd stay up late and watch the main event on KTRK-Channel 13 after the local news. Another Houston great was watching Houston wrestling. The good kind of wrestling. Paul Bosch, Danny McShane, Gorgeous George to name a few.

Oh, and don't forget the Houston FAT STOCK Show and Rodeo. Roy Roger, Dale Evans, Pat Brady with Nellebelle. Oh boy, I'm a kid again.

Ray