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 thought the lack of liberals in the news dept. was great. Now I know where Fox kept them. They are in the sports dept. It is just like them to decide what everyone should watch. We want Speed back the way it was. You want ball sports pick up the remote and change to a different channel, not change the channel itself. Morons!
This sucks!!!! The only channel just for motorsports ; now its gone. What a load of crap! I can watch football, tennis, golf, or fighting anywhere . I hope they understand what they done.
Why in the world would you take the one channel about motorsports off and put another sports channel on. What will the new channel cover that isn’t being covered by one of the other sports channels. BRING BACK SPEED!!!
I watched Speed everyday. The new programming is the same stuff already on lots of other channels. Why not offer your customers some variety? For over $100 a month I mostly get infomercials. Time to rethink my Time Warner package.
WTF There are only a few things worth watching. You had to blow it, thank god for NbcSP the only channel where you can watch F1 live. Speed was the shiznick if you like rubber wheels instead of rubber heels this was your channel. NUF said!
Can’t believe you took off a great motorsports channel. Guess I can now drop the sports package. Stupid move.
I wont be watching all the crap they have on, I liked speed just the way it was. Give me back my speed,
Guess my new favorite channel is Velocity.
This sucks! Speed channel was all I had a TV for. Cancelling it completely now! FOX SUCKS!
We motor heads WANT the speed channel back on I am not asking you I am telling you non motor heads.
We want our network back so we can enjoy motor sports not other boring sports get it!!
You motor heads out there let them know how you feel about this matter.
well now we have a money saver the only reason I had sports package was for speed channel let me call xfinity and save some money
how the hell are we supposed to watch all our speed tv shows on?THIS IS BULLSHIT
It is unfortunate that some people’s entertainment will be erased by others that have the POWER and no interest to motorsports. Ernest Hemingway said; “There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” I have an endearment to sports almost all sports, which is why I was saddened that Fox sacrificed a motorsports network so that can complete … or rather beat ESPN.
ESPN was one of the first to take motorsports into the mainstream and we thank them. Whereas Fox is merely approaching the ratings … not entertainment, but rather a numbers game their approach is elimination instead of innovation.
I will take several approaches as I watch TV, one is look for the lost shows that hopefully land on another networks and stop viewing any Fox shows and campaign to boycott the Fox Network.
Thanks for changing a good program channel, The speed channel was meant for speed or life in the fast lane, not basketball, baseball, football, wrestling, tennis, you get the idea!
well we had one good channel on time warner but this channel sucks like the rest of the channels now this is bull —-
Thanks for destroying Speed Channel. We didn’t have enough ball sports channels. You will save me some time by not watching you crap, thanks again. Someone will develope another speed channel and then you guys can buy it and destroy it too. Have a nice day.
Where can I find the shows that were on speed. The shows that are on now suck. Big mistake!
Wht did you change the channel? I want to see racing not football or tennis.
what we need is another dumb ass sports channel
Well after 12 years of speed. I will not watch this bull sh-t. I hope they realize they screwed up bad.!!!