Bonnett's driving career was interrupted by a severe brain injury from a crash in 1990. He was a color commentator for CBS, TBS, and TNN in the years until his death. Bonnett hosted the TV show Winners for TNN from 1991 to 1994. He appeared in the 1983 film Stroker Ace and the 1990 film Days of Thunder. The Alabama native currently ranks 47th in all-time NASCAR Cup victories. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s with his performances in cars owned by Jim Stacy and Wood Brothers Racing, becoming one of the top competitors in the 1980s. Bonnett was a member of the Alabama Gang, and started his career with the help of Bobby and Donnie Allison. Lawrence Neil Bonnett (J– February 11, 1994) was an American NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 poles over his 18-year career. Neil Bonnett's 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar. Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023) Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2012) International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2001)
Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (1997) Winner of the first ever NASCAR race run outside of North America, the Goodyear NASCAR 500 held in Australia (1988) Autoracing accident during practice for the 1994 Daytona 500
