Winners (American TV series) Television series
Winners Genre Sports highlightsStarring Neil Bonnett Country of origin United States Original language English No. of seasons4 Running time 30 minutes Network TNN (1991-1994)Release April 7, 1991 (1991-04-07 ) – July 17, 1994 (1994-07-17 ) 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
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
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