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Buffalo Speedway is a street in Houston, Texas. It starts in the upper class River Oaks neighborhood on the west side of Houston at an intersection with Westheimer Road.〔(Google Maps )〕 It ends at West Bellfort Street on the southwest side. Currently the extension to Holmes Road just finished construction.〔(Google Maps )〕 The "speedway" part of the name comes from a section of the road that was long and straight where it was possible to attain high speeds. When Buffalo Drive's name became Allen Parkway, the "Buffalo" name was open to use on another street.〔Salee, Rad. "(Why did the Buffalo cross the speedway? )" ''Houston Chronicle''. Monday October 1, 2007. B2. Retrieved on November 1, 2009.〕 Explanations of the "buffalo" part of the name include the popularity of the word ''buffalo'' around the time of the road's naming and the replacement of Buffalo Drive by the Allen Parkway.〔 Old USGS maps suggest the existence of a race track where Buffalo Speedway would later be built.〔Sallee, Rad. "(Looking at overpasses, one at a time )." ''Houston Chronicle''. October 15, 2007. Retrieved on November 2, 2009.〕 Historian and retired land researcher Ann Quin Wilson says that a speedway existed near the site of today's Lamar High School, which would have been at the intersection of Buffalo Drive (now Allen Parkway) and where the Buffalo Speedway would later be built. The race track indicated on the 1922 map attached was a horse racing track owned by Mitchell Louis Westheimer, a German immigrant and businessman who sold that portion of his farm for the construction of Lamar High School in 1937. Since the track was built for horses and predated most organized dirt-oval motor racing in the United States, it is unlikely that the "speedway" name descended from the track itself. Some road signs refer to it as ''Buffalo Spdwy'' or ''Buffalo Spwy'', with speedway taking the place of other designations like road or street. ==Graphic novel== Buffalo Speedway is the title of a graphic novel about pizza delivery drivers in Houston. Written and Illustrated by Yehudi Mercado. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buffalo Speedway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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