What happened to SPEED channel?

What happened to SPEED channel? On Aug. 17, SPEED becomes FOX Sports 1 on all major pay-TV providers. Many of the auto racing events previously airing on SPEED will now air on FS1.

On Saturday, Aug. 17, at 8am ET, SPEED will become FOX Sports 1, a new national sports network featuring live college football, auto racing, UFC, soccer, news shows and more. In most cases, the FOX Sports 1 channel will be the same channel formerly held by SPEED.  Many of the auto racing events previously airing on SPEED will still air on FS1, including the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, practice and qualifying, and complementary programming like NASCAR Live. Select NASCAR Sprint Cup races will come to FS1 beginning in 2015.

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Use the FOX Sports 1 channel finder at FOXSports.com to find the channel number for your TV provider and area.

FS1’s Day 1 schedule is as follows (all times ET; L denotes Live):
8:00-8:30 AM — NASCAR LIVE (L)
8:30-9:30 AM — NASCAR SPRINT CUP PRACTICE (L)
9:30-11:00 AM — NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES QUALIFYING (L)
11:00 AM-12:00 PM — NASCAR SPRINT CUP FINAL PRACTICE (L)
12:00-12:30 PM — NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK RACE PRE-RACE (L)
12:30-2:30 PM — NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE (L)
2:30-3:30 PM — TRACKSIDE LIVE (L)
3:30-4:00 PM — UFC ULTIMATE INSIDER
4:00-5:00 PM — UFC UNLEASHED
5:00-6:00 PM — UFC TONIGHT (L)
6:00-8:00 PM — FOX UFC SATURDAY PRELIMS (L)
8:00-11:00 PM — FOX UFC SATURDAY (L)
11:00 PM-12:00 AM — FOX SPORTS LIVE (L)
12:00 AM-1:00 AM — FOX SPORTS LIVE (L)
1:00-2:00 AM — FOX SPORTS LIVE (L)

[UPDATE: FS1 ratings news: “Fox also narrowly beat SPEED’s ratings at this same time last year—the network Fox Sports 1 absorbed—by 3,000 viewers. Fox Sports 1’s average ratings for the entire day was at 81,000, down from SPEED’s 100,000 last year.“]

[UPDATE 2: MavTV has acquired the rights to former SPEED Channel original series Stacey David’s Gearz, My Classic Car and Chop Cut Rebuild, with encore episodes airing this month. New episodes will debut on MavTV in March.]

 

 

20 Comments

  1. I am a motor head. Speed channel was all I watched. This new channel sucks!!! Its all boring sports nothing good about it. There is hardly any racing at all on it. We need a 24 hour racing channel.

  2. We want out speed. I am not a big football, soccer or general sports fan. My interest is in cars and speed channel was one of the things I demanded when I put in my satlite service. So fox don’t count on me for ratings because as far as my 3 sons are concerned we have no desire or need FXS1

  3. I want speed back!!! F1 blows, I want Barret Jackson,racing and Mecom back! This is the U.S. no more scoocer! Please reconcider!

  4. Bring back Speed and all the shows that we’re on it. It was the oy channel we watched besides The Blaze. No one who watched speed wants all the other crap that is on there now.

  5. F1 Sports is not even close to SPEED channel—SPEED CHANNEL is gone I am lost—need more racing on TV TNN used to have good racing—-Forget immediate profits, you give us what we want, you will get all the monetary success in future by loyal fans.!!!

  6. FOX……WTF have you done? My husband will not stop whining about the loss of his beloved SPEED Channel…..and now I have lost the only peace and quiet I could count on whenever he was watching it! Thanks very much…NOT!

  7. that was a stupid move on fox’s part. They could have asked us. I will not watch fox shows any more.what will happen to all of the car shows. My classic car, pass time. I thought fox was ok but not any more.

  8. WTF don’t you have enough channels for the other sports the one and only channel we had for motor sports and FOX screws it up I will be boycotting any channl with the name FOX associated with it from now on

  9. Speed Channel was my go to channel. I watch it every time I had the chance. If I wanted to watch other sports, there our other sports channels that are better than what you have on now.
    My favorite shows
    Daved Stace Gears (who won the contest)
    Chop Cut and Rebulid.
    Two Guys Garage
    Pass Time
    Pinks All Out
    Barret Jacksons
    Hot rod TV
    Nascar shows
    Those were the shows for the gear heads.
    What do you call whats on! same old s**t.

  10. Speed was the only channel I would ever watch on tv. Fox sports already has too many channels, why do they need another one to show the same stuff? I want my around the clock coverage of all motor sports back! Fox is just getting too damn greedy

  11. SPEED Channel was the ONLY reason I switched from Cable to satellite TV, period.
    Guess I wasn’t watching when they said they were changing SPEED to a different format and name, if your rating increase from this change it won’t be from viewers of automotive or motorcycle viewers. The closest channel now would be 392 BEIN but it does not cater to us either. It’s a shame our money we pay does not have any weight in what we want.
    Maybe they will loose enough subscribers to switch back.

  12. Since the change to FS1 the only motor sports that Ive see were a few nascar races. I don’t like the change. I want to see motor sports not football or fighting or soccer or other sports. One of the reasons I subscribed was to watch Speed. What about Barrett Jackson?
    You guys really screwed this one up.
    Im thinking of dropping my Dish subscription, just because of this.
    You all are brilliant.

  13. Hmm i never did like that stupi ass round an round bull shit boaring Nascar shit anyway. Those ass whips can’t drive as you can see from the way they slam into each other so they can steal some other drivers spot but i did watch the Car show. If you shit heads have a brain you will travel the world an get NEW racing like the Isle of Man TT motorcycle racing that is held every. This race has been going on hmm think 1904 it is the olest bike race. Every year a few people die there it is wild on city strets over 210 miles perhour a real mans race. Or racing like Rally or Rally Cross Indy LaMans keep that Nascar shit off TV. An don’t let the &^%$ing FLOW bitch on with the mother&^%$ing Progresif insurance add please keep that *&^ing add of GOD DAMN Oww yea i never cared for stupid ass foot ball or any ball sports you can shove that shit in your ass it’s on so many channels so stick um *&^%ers in your ass

  14. FS1 SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I wanted to watch these over paid meat heads bang on eachother I would watch it on one of the other thousands of sports networks! Bring back Speed you low life scumbag programmers! I want my speed channel back now!! Read all of these comments posted here and pay attention to the masses and bring back what we want!!

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