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.]
I have never replied to any of these blogs….. But I feel the same as everyone here. The main reason for having cable is for speed channel, pure dedication to motorsports. Fox is truly making a HUGE mistake!
Bring back speed. FS1 sucks
What about Gears? I’ve been watching Stacey David since he was the host of Trucks! Pisses me off!!!
I am a race junkie that HATES football. I WANT MY SPEED CHANNEL BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who was the moron that thought this change was a good idea?
espn, espn2, espn college, fox sports etc. How many sports channels do we need? Get speed back. I guess I’ll cancel my cable since there ain’t shit to watch.
Now I can turn off cable speed channel was the reason for payin to watch
Not a happy camper no speed this sucks
SPEED needs to remain!!!!!! This is not GOOD change!
So much good motor sports programming has just been
eliminated – Am in shock.
We don’t need anymore sports channels! We need SPEED!
I love racing !! Speed TV was about racing and cars..I do not care about baseball !!
Seriously!!! Why do we need another sports channel unrelated to motorsports????? I will NEVER watch this channel again. Thank goodness for the Velocity channel.
I CANT BELIEVE THEY TOOK DOWN THE SPEED CHANNEL!!!! THATS THE ONLY THING I ENJOYED WATCHING ON TV. YOU HAVE TO BE SHITTING ME THIS MAKES ME SO MAD NOW WTF AM I SUPOSE TO WATCH. SPEED NEEDS TO COME BACK THIS FOX 1 IS BULL SHIT I CAN CARE LESS ABOUT MORE SPORTS SMH
Yeah every thing you just said guess I dont need cable anymore
your a bunch of fucken pricks who killed the speed channel
bunch of clowns
watched speed every day from 4 to 9 ,,,now I back to wheel of fortune ,,,,,bunch of dumb fools
What in the hell is fox thinking? They have already got a couple of sports channels. I really don’t give a flying f*ck about ball and stick sports, and grown men trying to grab each others asses. So FOX should do us a gearheads a favor and return Speed!!
What in the hell is fox thinking? They have already got a couple of sports channels. I really don’t give a flying f*ck about ball and stick sports, and grown men trying to grab each others asses. So FOX should do us a gearheads a favor and return Speed!!
WHERE IS pass time that was my favorite show!!!!!
I don’t understand why fox has to ruin good channels. I liked speed. It was not ruined with nonmotor sports. I dislike “ball” sports and now I will be turning off the tv when the races end.
I feel like my dog just died! The switch from SpeedVision to SPEED was tough, but at least the programming was basically the same, but this is just plain wrong. FOX you destroyed the last true remaining motor sports channel. SHAME ON YOU, hope your sponsors drop like flies.