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.]
Seriously wtf, i guess they are going the same rout as mtv and cartoon netwoork, showing everything instead of just what they shoul be showing. Sometimes i just want to aee cars and not no other BS. How do i cancel this garbage!
Why be like all the others? SPEED was great! Now, the “Pinheads” in NYC have screwed it up once again. Thanks, skinny jeans sissy boys, for nothing! “Pinheads”! This is what racing and car fans get from you NOTHING!
I want Speed Channel Back. Canceled FS1 with Comcast
wow so i guess i have to just go get a car and race and make my own channel on tv bc not having speed channel sucks! all those races and cool shows are like gone without a trace, way to go again fox you jerks
Please bring back speed chanel
I guess it was only a mater of time before velocity gave speed a run for there money or in this case put them out I thing speed fell a sleep or speed to sleep?????
I want my Speed T Veeeeeeeeeeeeee…….. only thing FOX did that I’d watch.
PLEASE BRING BACK SPEED CHANNEL! What a bonehead move to change something that was working.
WHY WHY WHY… Speed Channel was the best thing for auto sports since Wide World of Sports. Thank you “fox” for being a jerk…
They shortened the race day shows! To only an hour I miss the two hour pre race shows I hate this bring back speed
ill watch velocity t.v. and boycott all fox channel’s.
Tuesday night…
League SOCCER!!!!
I hate this
good night gear heads…
Bring back speed channel ! FS1 is terrible. Motorsports fans everywhere are suffering with this rediculous change.
boycott fox channel’s.
I want SPEED CHANNEL BACK! Stupid move without any kind of notice. Bring it back. I’m bored outta my mine.
I also want speed channel back.I WANT MY CAR SHOWS
BRING BACK THE SPEED CHANNEL. The change makes it just another ESPN wanna be! WE WANT CAR STUFF and all the other programs that were on it.
bring back speed this fs1 sucks . I want my car shows
Bring back speed channel If I want to see other sports I will go to espn (I won’t) I want car stuff
Bring back Speed to Time Warner Cable! If i want to watch other sports I will turn on ESPN…Used to be with Speed, I could depend on turing the channel on, and seeing something that interest me, now its just an ESPN clone. What a crap deal for a loyal viewer!
bring back speed stupid move will never work