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.]
The reason of canceling speed cha nnel is unknown to all. Enough talk sport shows!
What have you done??????
What did you do with Speed Channel????
Shame on you!!!!!
BRING BACK MY SPEED!!!
Whose had the great idea was to do away with the speed channel? Sounds like an Obama idea!! Please bring back Speed.
I miss Speed channel!!!! The TV was locked on Speed whenever my wife wasn’t home, and recording when she was. I am letting Charter know I have no more reason to pay for cable, and if enough people do this, they will pass it on to execs out there, and maybe we can get a new Speed. Or we all invest and start our own! PS Finding a new channel isn’t enough if you keep paying for TV.
What a crock. We have more than enough sports channels already. SPEED cannot be replaced period.
BRING BACK SPEED!!! Who needs ANOTHER sports channel talking about the same blah blah blah
WE WANT SPEED!
I was disappointed to say the least this morning. I hope the sat/sun morning lineup moves to velocity or spike, that’ll learn’em.
I just got back to the US from a 42 day assignment overseas to find out that my beloved SPEED channel had been replaced by this P.O.S. Fox Sports 1 channel. WHat the hell goes on in corporate America? I too enjoyed the Gearz, Two Guys Garage, etc on SPEED channel; what happened to those shows? Are they forever destined for the circular file (garbage can)??? Damn you guys for your stupidity. I’m finding another channel to watch for sure…. Idiocy.
Saturday morning…turned on my weekend channel. Little league baseball????????????? Tennis???
CRAP!
Bite Me !!!!!!!!!! Our Uncle must be in charge !
Just can’t leave S**t alone.
Why can’t the big corporations stay out of our lives. We have to put up with their crap at work and now we have to put up with it in our own TV set. BRING BACK SPEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I agree with the all the disappointed people, “BRING BACK SPEED CHANNEL!”, there were good programs on the channel. Every week I looked forward to watching “GEARZ”, and “Two Guys Garage”! They were informative and educational programs. Who needs another channel with sports news, and commentary BS?! I have paid to get the upgrade channel package with DISH for years just so I could watch “SPEED CHANNEL”!! There’s no need to have it now! What gives?! Who needs another stupid general sports channel where there is nothing on but commentary BS, or boxing? Not me!! What’s the point of having a choice if CORPORATE AMERICA isn’t going to even entertain the thought!!!!
Time to call Dish and cancel.
are you kidding, please give us Speed TV,
“You will EAT IT! And you will LIKE IT!” That should be the new motto for shoving yet another FOX sport channel down our throats. I enjoyed the SPEED channel with my grandson, he likes working on things with his hands. Remember what that was? Dropping my premium package.
Speed was more than auto racing. (and the only reason to have upper tier on Dish) I enjoyed 2 guys garage, truck u, etc., especially in the shop early on Sat. mornings during “me time.” Not everyone likes boxing and in depth analysis about football. So tired of corporations trying to appeal to everyone and forgetting about their paying customers. Have you seen the stands at a race lately???
Speed had a special type of programming, making them not just another “me too offering” channel. Why would you spend all the funding over the many years to build up a brand, a loyal fallowing. With all the crrap programming on TV 5 home shopping channels and hours and hours of sports programming already on TV. I was a hardcore Speed Channel viewer. I need to rethink my programming package to see if I cab now drop all the stuff I had to pay for just to get speed
I will not be watching Fox Sports 1. They just took off many of the shows that I enjoyed on TV. Bring back SPEED!!!!!!!
Bring back SPEED!!!!
Fox wake up, listen to the customer and bring Speed Channel back.
Bring back Speed channel. I will not watch your FS1 channel, I will go back to ESPN !!!!! Only reason to pay DISH as much as I do was to get the Speed channel, might as well go back to over the air channels now.