Winners is a half-hour motorsports television show hosted by NASCAR driver Neil Bonnett that aired for four seasons from April 7, 1991, to July 17, 1994. The show aired on TNN and each episode profiled a different championship racer. Following Bonnett's death on February 11, 1994, the show was renamed Neil Bonnett's Winners and continued for one additional season with guest hosts.
Episodes
Season 1 (1991) No. in Series No. in Season Driver Featured Original air date 1 1 Dale Earnhardt (pt. 1) April 7, 1991 2 2 Dale Earnhardt (pt. 2) April 14, 1991 3 3 John Force April 21, 1991 4 4 Davey Allison April 28, 1991 5 5 Kenny Bernstein May 5, 1991 6 6 Mark Martin May 12, 1991 7 7 Rusty Wallace May 19, 1991 8 8 Rick Mears May 26, 1991 9 9 Steve Kinser June 2, 1991 10 10 Joe Amato June 9, 1991 11 11 Ernie Irvan June 16, 1991 12 12 Scott Parker June 23, 1991 13 13 Junior Johnson June 30, 1991 14 14 Al Unser Jr. July 7, 1991 15 15 Doug Wolfgang July 14, 1991 16 16 Bob Senneker July 21, 1991 17 17 Mario Andretti July 28, 1991
Season 2 (1992) No. in Series No. in Season Driver Featured Original air date 18 1 Darrell Waltrip (pt. 1) April 5, 1992 19 2 Darrell Waltrip (pt. 2) April 12, 1992 20 3 Jeff Gordon April 19, 1992 21 4 Roger Mears April 26, 1992 22 5 Ed McCulloch May 3, 1992 23 6 Bobby Allison May 10, 1992 24 7 Pat Austin May 17, 1992 25 8 Bobby Rahal May 24, 1992 26 9 Dale Jarrett May 31, 1992 27 10 Willy T. Ribbs June 7, 1992 28 11 Ken Schrader June 14, 1992 29 12 Eddie Hill June 21, 1992 30 13 Ricky Rudd June 28, 1992 31 14 Bobby Labonte July 5, 1992 32 15 Michael Andretti July 12, 1992 33 16 Hershel McGriff July 19, 1992 34 17 Kyle Petty July 26, 1992
Season 3 (1993) No. in Series No. in Season Driver Featured Original air date 35 1 Neil Bonnett (pt. 1 - Guest Host: Darrell Waltrip) April 4, 1993 36 2 Neil Bonnett (pt. 2 - Guest Hosts: Dale Earnhardt and Bobby Allison) April 11, 1993 37 3 Cory McClenathan April 18, 1993 38 4 Bill Elliott April 25, 1993 39 5 Cruz Pedregon May 2, 1993 40 6 Alan Kulwicki May 9, 1993 41 7 Sammy Swindell May 16, 1993 42 8 Dave Schultz May 23, 1993 43 9 Danny Sullivan May 30, 1993 44 10 Joe Nemechek June 6, 1993 45 11 Geoff Brabham June 13, 1993 46 12 Sleepy Tripp June 20, 1993 47 13 Terry Labonte June 27, 1993 48 14 Lyn St. James July 4, 1993 49 15 Emerson Fittipaldi July 11, 1993 50 16 Larry Morgan July 18, 1993 51 17 Don Prudhomme July 25, 1993
Season 4 (1994)
For the fourth season, the show was named Neil Bonnett's Winners. A variety of guest hosts were used including Darrell Waltrip, Rusty Wallace, John Force, Kenny Bernstein, and Lyn St. James. Bonnett was still featured in the show conducting interviews with drivers filmed before his death. The Steve Grissom episode is noteworthy as it was filmed at the Indigo Lake Golf and Tennis Club in Daytona Beach, Florida the day before Bonnett died. No. in Series No. in Season Driver Featured (Guest Host) Original air date 52 1 Neil Bonnett Tribute (Mike Joy) February 13, 1994 53 2 Steve Grissom (Darrell Waltrip) April 3, 1994 54 3 Darrell Gwynn (Kenny Bernstein) April 10, 1994 55 4 Joe Gibbs (Darrell Waltrip) April 17, 1994 56 5 Warren Johnson (Kenny Bernstein) April 24, 1994 57 6 Harry Gant (Rusty Wallace) May 1, 1994 58 7 Connie Kalitta (John Force) May 8, 1994 59 8 Morgan Shepherd (Rusty Wallace) May 15, 1994 60 9 Kenny Bernstein (John Force) May 22, 1994 61 10 Geoff Bodine (Darrell Waltrip) May 29, 1994 62 11 Chuck Etchells (Kenny Bernstein) June 5, 1994 63 12 Ned Jarrett (Darrell Waltrip) June 12, 1994 64 13 John Force (Kenny Bernstein) June 19, 1994 65 14 Sterling Marlin (Rusty Wallace) June 26, 1994 66 15 Dave Blaney (Lyn St. James) July 3, 1994 67 16 Richard Petty (Rusty Wallace) July 10, 1994 68 17 Robby Gordon (Lyn St. James) July 17, 19946918Series Recap (Ken Squier)July 23, 1994
References
http://www.decadesofracing.net/NeilBonnett.htm