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Winners (American TV series)

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Winners
GenreSports highlights
StarringNeil Bonnett
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkTNN (1991-1994)
ReleaseApril 7, 1991 (1991-04-07) –
July 17, 1994 (1994-07-17)
Related
Inside NASCAR

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.[1] The show aired on TNN and each episode profiled a different championship racer.[2] 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.[3]

Episodes

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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.[4]

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, 1994

References

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  1. ^ "Neil Bonnett Profile". www.decadesofracing.net. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  2. ^ "Bonnett Tries to Forget He Can't Remember".
  3. ^ "Motorsports Series Will Memorialize Bonnett".
  4. ^ "Grissom Recalls Last Chat With Bonnett".