he was diagnosed with cancer I’m thinking last September. Went through various treatments. Things were looking “ok”…. until they weren't. I last saw him at the track back in December at a test and tune. He and his daughter (Tonya) brought the yellow Duster out to play with. He had lost a bunch of weight at that point and energy was hard to come by, but he was in his “happy place” for sure. I’m sure that was his last time at the track.
on a side note a few years back there was another mopar racer in Vegas that suddenly passed. His car had been sitting with a wounded bullet and Tony let the guys son use an engine to get the car back to the track. As far as I know that engine is still in the car. Tony pretty much said you keep it…