David Vizard, Uncle Tony's garage, Unity motorsport. Mission impossible Dodge 302 Head porting

Hmm, I think that was Cliff Gromer who said that.
I'm not sure of the timing, but wasn't that line in reference to what happened to Tony after they stopped making Cars Illustrated ?
Oh, I'm sure it was Cliff. That's absolutely his style.

I can't speak to Cars Illustrated because I never read it, but he'd gone off-radar in the Mopar rag mid-series (the Hemi one) well over a year prior.