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Race Track On Griggs Rd.


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Does anyone recall what the race track was near Old Spanish Trail on Griggs Road between Calhoun Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.? Looks to have been active sometime before the 1940s.  In the historic photos from Google Earth the track was already being covered up with grass/trees by 1943.

Could this have possibly been a track & field track for athletes? University of Houston off-site sports track?

Race track view from December 31, 1943:

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By December 31, 1952 the race track was covered up by housing.

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