Belair Plaza has always been a spot of contention. When I first went to the Turkey Run in 1995 there were always a lot of rods there and people attempting to either buy or sell a car or trade for one. It wasn't rowdy or overly noisy, traffic was horrible, but there were a lot of parking for the store visitors in addition to the rodders.

But as time went on, it did get worse. The police moved in to monitor in 1999and by 2001 they had closed off access to the lot. When the rodder crowd began to go elsewhere, the police relaxed their monitoring. I wasn't there last year, so I guess the "old days" are back and the police are now being pro-active again. It is a shame, cause you're right ... rodders do support the businesses there as well as the locals.

As for burnouts, I never experienced much of that near the Plaza mostly due to the gridlock in the streets. Most of the burnouts were several blocks south of the Plaza where traffic was heavy but not totally nuts.