Speed was an American
sports-oriented cable
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and
satellite
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television network
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that was owned by the
Fox Sports Media Group division of
21st Century Fox
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. The network was dedicated to
motorsport
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s programming, including
auto racing
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Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
, as well as automotive-focused programs.
Although the channel was based in the
United States
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(its
headquarters
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were located at
University Research Park
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in
Charlotte
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,
North Carolina
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), Speed ceased being available to most American viewers as a standalone network with its own original programming on August 17, 2013, when it was replaced by the general-interest sports network
Fox Sports 1
Fox Sports 1 (FS1) is an American pay television channel owned by the Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. FS1 replaced the motorsports network Speed on August 17, 2013, at the same time that its companion channel Fox Sports 2 ...
.
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''Variety
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'', March 5, 2013. An "international" version of the network, now known as
Fox Sports Racing
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, concurrently launched in
Canada
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, the
Caribbean
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and the U.S. territory of
Puerto Rico
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to replace the domestic feed, airing archived Speed programming and live
simulcast
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s of motorsports events carried by Fox Sports 1 and
Fox Sports 2
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in the United States that would be otherwise unavailable to international viewers.
When it originally launched in 1995 as Speedvision, the network carried a lineup featuring programs profiling the automobile and motorsports industries (including individual companies, vehicles and teams), how-to series, and coverage of various domestic and international racing series (such as the
Formula One World Championship
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
,
Rolex Sports Car Series
The Rolex Sports Car Series was the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It was a North American-based sports car series founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed ...
, and the
American Le Mans Series
The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consisted of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The American Le Mans' hea ...
). After it was acquired by
News Corporation
News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp.), also variously known as News Corporation Limited, was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Ne ...
in 2001 and relaunched as Speed Channel, the network's programming became increasingly
NASCAR
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-oriented; prior to its shutdown in the U.S., Speed's lineup consisted mostly of automotive-themed
reality shows
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...
, NASCAR-related programs (including coverage of practice and qualifying sessions, and full coverage of the
Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR-owned
Rolex Sports Car Series
The Rolex Sports Car Series was the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It was a North American-based sports car series founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed ...
), along with news programs focusing on motorsports. Most of Speed's live event programming was carried over to Fox Sports 1 (or sister network Fox Sports 2), and is simulcast on the Speed network that remains available outside the U.S.
Due to contractual changes associated with the relaunch, Fox was expected to temporarily distribute a version of Speed (separate from the international version) to fulfill contracts with providers that had not yet signed deals to carry Fox Sports 1, airing a loop of the network's past reality programming.
[ Many of the programs once found on Speed can now be found in the United States on ]CBS Sports Network
CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American pay television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network (later College Sports Television also known as ...
, MAVTV and Velocity
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(such as ''Gearz
''ESPN2 Garage'' is a new ninety-minute programming block dedicated to the automotive and motorsports world on ESPN2. Debuting Saturday, January 6, 2006, the programming will air on ESPN2 from 5pm ET to 6:30pm ET on weekdays, from 10am ET to 12p ...
'', ''My Classic Car
''My Classic Car'' is a television show about classic car, classic automobiles, hosted by Dennis Gage. It was originally broadcast on The Nashville Network, TNN, and Speed (TV network), Speed Channel, followed by MAVTV, MAVtv and Velocity. As of 2 ...
'', ''Chop Cut Rebuild
Chop Cut Rebuild is an automotive documentary-lifestyle series. The show is the creation of its host Canadian actor Dan Woods who was previously known for his role as Principal Daniel Raditch in the Degrassi teen drama franchise. The series is ...
'', and '' Dream Car Garage'' as well as live coverage of racing events), others not such as ''Speed Center
''Speed Center'' was a motor sports news program on Speed Channel. Debuting on February 13, 2011, it was anchored by Adam Alexander with Jeff Hammond and Sam Hornish Jr. as analysts on Sunday episodes. Ricky Rudd was the analyst for the first ...
''.
History
As Speedvision
The network originally launched as Speedvision on December 31, 1995. The network was one of two (the other being the Outdoor Life Network
OLN (formerly Outdoor Life Network) is a Canadian English-language Category A specialty channel. OLN primarily broadcasts factual-based and adventure-related reality programming aimed at male audiences. OLN is wholly owned by Rogers Sports & ...
) formed out of a partnership of Cox Cable
Cox Communications, Inc. (also known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation, Dimension Cable Services and Times-Mirror Cable) is an American digital cable television provider, telecommunications and home automation services. It i ...
and Times Mirror
The Times Mirror Company was an American newspaper and print media publisher from 1884 until 2000.
History
It had its roots in the Mirror Printing and Binding House, a commercial printing company founded in 1873, and the ''Los Angeles Times'' ...
which had combined their cable systems operations in 1994. In July 1995, Times Mirror decided to reassess its media holdings and reduced its stake in the two planned networks to 10%. Comcast
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and Continental Cablevision
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were brought on as new partners.
Speedvision was planned by former ESPN
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executive Roger L. Werner, E. Roger Williams and Robert Scanlon. The network offered a mix of automotive, boating, and aviation programming.
Speedvision's initial lineup featured various automotive programs, including various documentary-style series focusing on prolific vehicles, manufacturers, and racing teams (such as '' Victory by Design'' and ''Legends of Motorsport {{about, , the band, Legends of Motorsport (band), the Australian TV show, Shannons Legends of Motorsport
''Legends of Motorsport'' was a series of automotive documentaries aired by the former television channel ''Speedvision'', which later became S ...
''), series focusing on classic automobiles (such as '' Dream Car Garage'', coverage of Barrett-Jackson
Barrett-Jackson is an American collector car auction company headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was founded by Scottsdale business partners Tom Barrett and Russ Jackson. They initially launched a car show, Fiesta de los Autos Elegantes, in 19 ...
's auctions, and ''My Classic Car
''My Classic Car'' is a television show about classic car, classic automobiles, hosted by Dennis Gage. It was originally broadcast on The Nashville Network, TNN, and Speed (TV network), Speed Channel, followed by MAVTV, MAVtv and Velocity. As of 2 ...
'', which moved to the network from TNN), an ''AutoWeek
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''-branded television series, along with ''MotorWeek
''MotorWeek'' is an automotive news and information program focused on car road tests, previews, and maintenance tips. The program is produced by Maryland Public Television for PBS and also airs on the commercial cable/satellite channel MAVTV.
...
'' and ''Autoline Detroit
Autoline Detroit is a weekly television show
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'' – two programs respectively syndicated from PBS
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member stations in Maryland
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and Detroit
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. Speedvision also carried coverage of various minor and professional auto racing series, including the Sports Car Club of America
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's World Challenge series (of which it also acquired title sponsor
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ship of in 1999, becoming the ''Speedvision World Challenge'').
Fox acquisition and NASCAR push
In the summer of 2001, the Fox Entertainment Group
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(then a subsidiary of News Corporation
News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp.), also variously known as News Corporation Limited, was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Ne ...
) purchased a 30% ownership interest in Speedvision. In August of that year, Fox negotiated a deal to acquire the stakes held by Cox and Comcast
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, thus giving them majority control of the network. Since Fox Sports
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The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the Fo ...
had recently acquired broadcast rights to the first half of the NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and hi ...
Busch and Winston Cup Series
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in a six-year deal, Fox planned to leverage Speedvision as an outlet for supplemental NASCAR programming.[ To coincide with that year's running of the Daytona 500, Speedvision was relaunched as Speed Channel on February 11, 2002; the network's operations were also relocated from Stamford, ]Connecticut
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to Charlotte
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, North Carolina
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(where NASCAR and the majority of its teams are based).
In the following years, additional NASCAR-related programs were slowly brought on to the schedule, ranging from news programs (such as ''Totally NASCAR
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Original version
The ...
'', rerun from Fox Sports Net
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, and ''NASCAR Race Hub
''NASCAR Race Hub'' is a daily NASCAR news program broadcast on Fox Sports 1 Monday through Thursday. Originally broadcast on Speed, the show replaced ''NASCAR Nation'' and '' This Week in NASCAR''. ''NASCAR Race Hub'' premiered on October 12, 20 ...
''), pre-race programs '' Trackside'' and ''NASCAR RaceDay
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'', and the post-race ''NASCAR Victory Lane
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''. Speed Channel also added a weekly call-in show in 2003, ''WindTunnel with Dave Despain
''WindTunnel with Dave Despain'' was a live viewer call-in show exclusively for auto racing fans that debuted on Speed Channel on February 22, 2003 and ended on August 11, 2013. During the course of the show, host Dave Despain fielded telephone cal ...
'', which featured interviews and discussions relating to news and events in auto racing.
Starting in 2003, Speed began to carry NASCAR's Craftsman Truck Series
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, after buying out the remainder of ESPN2
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ESPN2 was initially fo ...
's contract for the events. The channel also offered coverage of practices and qualifying races in NASCAR's main national series, the Gatorade Duels
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qualifying races, and the Sprint All-Star Race
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. In 2005, the channel's name was shortened to simply Speed.
In 2006, the conclusion of Daytona 500 qualifying coverage was moved to Speed due to NBC's coverage of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. The coverage still had NBC graphics and commentary. It would be the only time that the NBC/TNT broadcast combo (which aired the Daytona 500 in even-numbered years and the summer race in the odd-numbered months) would air its NASCAR coverage on SPEED.
Until late 2007, Speed also aired coverage of International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
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events over the winter months – including bobsledding, luge
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and skeleton
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. Its winter sports coverage also included an annual charity bobsledding event organized by NASCAR driver and bobsled builder Geoff Bodine
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, which featured participation by various NASCAR drivers. Universal Sports
Universal Sports was an American sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television network. It was owned as a joint venture between InterMedia Partners (which owned a controlling 92% interest) and NBCUniversal (which owned the remaining 8%). ...
acquired the rights to FIBT events beginning in the 2007–08 season.
Speed continued to maintain coverage of other professional racing series, such as the Rolex Sports Car Series
The Rolex Sports Car Series was the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It was a North American-based sports car series founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed ...
(including the 24 Hours of Daytona
The 24 Hours of Daytona, also known as the Rolex 24 At Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is run on the Sports Car Course layou ...
), the American Le Mans Series
The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consisted of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The American Le Mans' hea ...
(along with the 24 Hours of Le Mans
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), the newly renamed ''Speed World Challenge'' until 2010, and the Formula One World Championship
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. By the mid 2000s, these came along with an increasing number of reality
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series (such as the street racing
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-inspired '' Pinks'', ''Unique Whips ''Unique Whips'' is an American reality television show that aired on the now-defunct Speed network from 2005 to 2008. It premiered on February 8, 2005, The show follows the work of Unique Autosports, based in Long Island, New York, as they customi ...
'', ''Chop Cut Rebuild
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'', the drag racing
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game show
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''Pass Time'', ''American Trucker
''American Trucker'' was a television show on the Speed cable channel. Hosted bRobb Mariani the pilot episode featured Robb helping another mechanic restore one of the classic 1980 Kenworth K-100 Aerodyne trucks used in the TV show '' B. J. and ...
'', and ''Hard Parts: South Bronx'', along with reruns of the MTV
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series ''Pimp My Ride
''Pimp My Ride'' is an American television series produced by MTV and hosted by rapper Xzibit, which ran for six seasons on MTV from 2004 to 2007. In each episode, a car in poor condition is both restored and customized. The work on the show w ...
''). By 2008, Speed was carried in over 73 million households.[
In 2010, Fox launched Speed 2, a ]TV Everywhere
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video streaming service which featured coverage of additional racing series not broadcast by Speed, along with video on demand
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access to archived Speed programs. The service was shut down in 2014.
In 2011, Speed began carrying Australia's V8 Supercars
The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport.
Supercars events take place in all Australian ...
series; it also aired live coverage of the Gold Coast 600
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(where major international drivers competed in teams alongside Australian drivers) and the Bathurst 1000
The Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most rece ...
featuring Darrell Waltrip, Mike Joy
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, Leigh Diffey
Leigh Diffey (born 3 March 1971) is an Australian American auto racing commentator. His career began calling motorcycle races in his home country before moving to the United Kingdom to cover other forms of motorsport. Diffey then moved to the ...
, and Calvin Fish on-location. The move was met with praise from series organizers, who felt that the series could benefit from the additional exposure it would receive from American coverage—the series would also add a U.S. event at Austin
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...
's Circuit of the Americas
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for the 2013 season.
On October 12, 2012, Fox Sports announced that it would not renew its contract to air Formula One racing on Speed after the conclusion of the 2012 season. Two days later, NBC Sports
NBC Sports is an American programming division of the broadcast network NBC, owned and operated by NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal and subsidiary of Comcast. The division is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its d ...
announced that it had reached a new four-year deal to broadcast F1 races beginning in the 2013 season, with the majority of its coverage to be carried by NBC Sports Network
NBCSN was an American sports television channel owned by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It originally launched on July 1, 1995, as the Outdoor Life Network (OLN), which was dedicated to programming prim ...
. Three days later, Fox Sports reached an agreement with NASCAR to extend the network's broadcasting contract through the 2022 season (maintaining its rights to the first half of the Sprint Cup season and the full Camping World Truck Series season), along with the addition of online streaming rights beginning in 2013.
Shutdown of Speed and relaunch as Fox Sports 1
On March 5, 2013, Fox Sports announced that Speed would be shut down and replaced by a new mainstream sports channel known as Fox Sports 1
Fox Sports 1 (FS1) is an American pay television channel owned by the Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. FS1 replaced the motorsports network Speed on August 17, 2013, at the same time that its companion channel Fox Sports 2 ...
; the network was to inherit Speed's NASCAR coverage (which would be expanded under a new television deal in 2015 to add coverage of selected Sprint Cup Series
The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, and from 1950 to 1970 it was known as the Grand National Division. In 1971 ...
and Nationwide Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...
events), but joined by new or recently acquired sports rights, including college basketball
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and football
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, Major League Soccer
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, UFC
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, and new studio programming. Sister channel Fuel TV was also being re-launched as a companion, Fox Sports 2
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.
The last program to be broadcast by Speed in the United States was a replay of qualifying for that weekend's Sprint Cup event, the Pure Michigan 400, which was soon followed by a statement from Fox NASCAR play-by-play announcer Mike Joy
Michael Joy (born November 25, 1949) is an American TV sports announcer and who currently serves as the lap-by-lap voice of Fox Sports' coverage of NASCAR. His color analyst is Clint Bowyer. Counting 2022, Joy has been part of the live broadcast ...
marking the end of Speed's operations in the United States:
Although Fox marketed the transition to Fox Sports 1 as a re-launch of Speed, Fox was required to re-negotiate carriage deals with providers for Fox Sports 1 due to the change of its nature of service. There was uncertainty over whether Fox Sports 1 would have sufficient carriage at launch, as it had not yet reached deals with three of the four largest pay television providers in the United States (these being DirecTV
DirecTV (trademarked as DIRECTV) is an American multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital satellite service serving the United States. It ...
, Dish Network
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and Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable, Inc. (TWC) was an American cable television company. Before it was acquired by Charter Communications on May 18, 2016, it was ranked the second largest cable company in the United States by revenue behind only Comcast, operat ...
) with only a month before its launch. However, all three finally agreed to terms to carry Fox Sports 1 three days before the scheduled launch. For any remaining television providers that did not reach a deal, Fox offered a "watered-down" version of Speed (which consisted of a loop of the network's reality programming and no live events) to fulfill existing carriage contracts until they reached a deal to carry Fox Sports 1. In international markets such as Canada, a Speed-branded service was maintained (now known as Fox Sports Racing
Fox Sports Racing is a motorsports-oriented cable network owned by the Fox Sports Media Group division of Fox Corporation. The network launched on August 17, 2013 as a replacement of the former cable network Speed for North American markets outsi ...
) running an automated loop of Speed's previous non-event programming, and simulcasts of motorsports programming carried by Fox Sports 1 or 2.
Despite the channel’s shutdown, the Speed brand continues to be used on Fox Sports’ social media platforms for coverage of AMA Supercross
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, the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
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, the ARCA Racing Series
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, IMSA
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, and other non-NASCAR motorsports.
International versions
North America (outside the United States)
Speed became available in Canada
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shortly after its U.S. launch. As Speedvision, Speed was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
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(CRTC) to be added to its list of foreign cable networks approved for carriage on Canadian cable and satellite providers in 1997. As such, Speed is carried by most Canadian television service providers. Prior to August 2013, Canadian viewers saw a largely identical schedule as the U.S. channel, although some programming, particularly live Formula 1 events, were blacked out to protect TSN, which holds domestic broadcast rights to F1 events (under CRTC rules, foreign services must own Canadian broadcast rights to the content they air). However, this point became moot when NBC Sports Network obtained rights to F1 events beginning with the 2013 season, as that network is not available in Canada.
In Canada, as well as the Caribbean
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and Puerto Rico
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, Speed was not converted to Fox Sports 1. The exact reasons for this have not been confirmed, although in the case of Canada, it is not clear whether Fox would have had the ability to make such a change given that Speed's Canadian authorization was based on it being a motorsports-based network. The version of Speed available in these areas continues to carry various NASCAR and other motorsports events, as well as related studio programming, mostly simulcast with their U.S. broadcasts on Fox Sports 1 or Fox Sports 2, but does not otherwise originate any new programming of its own. During hours when the network is not simulcasting FS1 or FS2 coverage, it carries repeats of past events and Speed's previous reality and documentary programming. The international feed does not carry commercial advertising: commercial breaks consist solely of promos for its programming, with no outside advertising aside from public service announcement
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s and promotions inserted by local providers.
In early 2014, major Canadian service providers including Rogers Cable
Rogers Cable Inc. is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, primarily in Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador. Ro ...
and Bell Satellite TV
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began to drop the service upon the expiration of their carriage contracts. Cogeco
Cogeco Inc. is a Canadian telecommunications and media company. Its corporate offices are located at 1 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec. The company is structured into three strategic business units (SBU); Cogeco Connexion, Breezeline ( ...
dropped the Speed Channel on July 15, 2014. Shaw later announced they will drop Speed on April 1, 2015 within their cable and satellite system (a.k.a. Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct). Reports indicate that Fox had attempted to raise the channel's carriage fees significantly, despite the major reductions in original programming for international viewers, and Rogers suggests Fox was unwilling to allow Speed to be moved to a more specialized package in light of the programming and cost changes.
On February 19, 2015, Fox announced that the international feed of Speed would be re-branded as Fox Sports Racing
Fox Sports Racing is a motorsports-oriented cable network owned by the Fox Sports Media Group division of Fox Corporation. The network launched on August 17, 2013 as a replacement of the former cable network Speed for North American markets outsi ...
, and announced that Rogers had reached a deal to add the rebranded network back to its lineup.
Former
Speed on Fox
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which would normally be broadcast by Speed Channel. The events include races from the NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and hi ...
Camping World Truck Series (using NASCAR on Fox
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branding and graphics when aired), Formula One
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, and Rolex Sports Car Series
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. The name was first used in February 2007. Formula One was broadcast on Fox for three years and the Camping World Truck Series for eight years.
Australia
Speed launched in Australia on November 1, 2010 on Foxtel
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in both standard Standard may refer to:
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* Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs
* Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification
Norms, conventions or requirements
* Standard (metrology), an object th ...
and high definition. After months of negotiations and controversy, on March 25, 2011, Speed and Speed HD launched on subscription the television provider Austar
Austar was an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity was subscription television but it has also been involved with internet access and mobile phones. It was founded in 1995 under the name Community Entertainment Tele ...
. Among other racing events, the Australian network airs NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, Camping World Truck Series, V8 Supercars and Superbike World Championship. The network also has its own version of ''Speed News''. Unlike the U.S. version, it is owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited
Fox Sports Australia Pty Limited (formerly Premier Media Group Pty Limited) is the division of Foxtel that owns and operates the Fox Sports television networks and digital properties in Australia. The group operates nine Fox Sports Channels as ...
, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia
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– which is no longer directly connected to 21st Century Fox due to its inclusion in the split
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of News Corporation. Speed closed on November 3, 2014 and has been replaced by Fox Sports 5.
Latin America
The Latin American version of Speed carried live coverage of the Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, Rolex Sports Car Series
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, American Le Mans Series (including 24 Hours of Le Mans), Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
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and the Camping World Truck Series. It also aired delayed coverage of the World Series by Renault
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and NASCAR Mexico
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The venture attempts to cre ...
. Other programming included highlights shows including British Formula Three Championship British Formula Three Championship may refer to:
*British Formula 3 International Series
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, the Argentine TC 2000
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and Turismo Carretera
Turismo Carretera ( Road racing, lit., ''Road Touring'') is a popular stock car racing series in Argentina, and the oldest auto racing series still active in the world. The series is organized by Asociación Corredores de Turismo Carretera.
Th ...
, and the Colombian T.C. 2000 and delayed highlights of Australia's V8 Supercars, FIA GT
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(airing on a few months delay), AMA Supercross
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and Monster Jam
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, as well as non-motorsport programs such as Grand Prix on Track, Grand Prix Story, Unique Whips ''Unique Whips'' is an American reality television show that aired on the now-defunct Speed network from 2005 to 2008. It premiered on February 8, 2005, The show follows the work of Unique Autosports, based in Long Island, New York, as they customi ...
, Tuner Mania
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* ATSC tuner, a device ...
and Pinks.
On February 5, 2012, the Latin American channel was replaced in Brazil
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by a domestic version of Fox Sports
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The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the Fo ...
. Beginning in 2012, the network broadcast Formula 1
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free practices and live and delayed qualifying events and races, as well as live races from the GP2 Series and GP3 Series. On November 5, 2012, Speed Latin America was relaunched as Fox Sports 3
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, whose programming remains focused on motorsports, especially on weekends.
Notable personalities
* Adam Alexander – (NASCAR Race Hub
''NASCAR Race Hub'' is a daily NASCAR news program broadcast on Fox Sports 1 Monday through Thursday. Originally broadcast on Speed, the show replaced ''NASCAR Nation'' and '' This Week in NASCAR''. ''NASCAR Race Hub'' premiered on October 12, 20 ...
host)
*Will Buxton
Will Buxton (born 14 February 1981) is a British Formula One digital presenter and reporter who works for Liberty Media.
Early career
Whilst at university Buxton started writing for GrandPrix.com. In 2002 he joined the Official Formula 1 Magaz ...
- (Formula One
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pit-lane reporter)
* Wally Dallenbach Jr. - (NASCAR Race Hub
''NASCAR Race Hub'' is a daily NASCAR news program broadcast on Fox Sports 1 Monday through Thursday. Originally broadcast on Speed, the show replaced ''NASCAR Nation'' and '' This Week in NASCAR''. ''NASCAR Race Hub'' premiered on October 12, 20 ...
analyst)
*Dave Despain
Dave Despain (born 20 May 1946) is an American motorsports journalist. He was the host of ''WindTunnel with Dave Despain'' on Speed Channel, and ''NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup'', until the former was cancelled during the demise of Speed and the latte ...
- (now at MavTV hosting The Dave Despain Show
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)
* Bob Dillner – (NASCAR reporter)
* Ray Dunlap - (Contract not renewed for 2017)
*Jeff Gordon
Jeffery Michael Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is an American former professional stock car racing driver, who is the Vice Chairman for Hendrick Motorsports. He raced full-time from 1993 to 2015, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick M ...
- (Fox NASCAR
''NASCAR on Fox'', also known as ''Fox NASCAR'', is the branding used for broadcasts of NASCAR races produced by Fox Sports and have aired on the Fox television network in the United States since 2001. Speed, a motorsports-focused cable chan ...
Color Commentator)
* Jeff Hammond – (NASCAR Race Hub
''NASCAR Race Hub'' is a daily NASCAR news program broadcast on Fox Sports 1 Monday through Thursday. Originally broadcast on Speed, the show replaced ''NASCAR Nation'' and '' This Week in NASCAR''. ''NASCAR Race Hub'' premiered on October 12, 20 ...
analyst)
* David Hobbs - (Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
commentator)
*Mike Joy
Michael Joy (born November 25, 1949) is an American TV sports announcer and who currently serves as the lap-by-lap voice of Fox Sports' coverage of NASCAR. His color analyst is Clint Bowyer. Counting 2022, Joy has been part of the live broadcast ...
– (Lead Play By Play for Fox NASCAR
''NASCAR on Fox'', also known as ''Fox NASCAR'', is the branding used for broadcasts of NASCAR races produced by Fox Sports and have aired on the Fox television network in the United States since 2001. Speed, a motorsports-focused cable chan ...
)
*Jamie Little
Jamie Little (born April 9, 1978) is an American pit reporter for NASCAR coverage on Fox. Little is a former pit reporter for ESPN/ABC coverage of the Indy Racing League, although she returned to her pit reporting duty for the 2007 and 2008 I ...
- (Fox NASCAR
''NASCAR on Fox'', also known as ''Fox NASCAR'', is the branding used for broadcasts of NASCAR races produced by Fox Sports and have aired on the Fox television network in the United States since 2001. Speed, a motorsports-focused cable chan ...
pit reporter)
*Steve Matchett
Steve Matchett (born 23 December 1962 in England) is a commentator for American TV network Fox Sports on its Formula E programming. He formerly co-hosted live Formula One practices, qualifying sessions, and races alongside David Hobbs and Bob ...
- (Formula One
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commentator)
*Larry McReynolds
Lawrence Joseph McReynolds III (born January 10, 1959) is a current NASCAR crew chief and current racing analyst on Fox Sports as well as a columnist on Foxsports.com. In the past, he has served as an advisor to Petty Enterprises, and as a mi ...
– (NASCAR Race Hub
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analyst)
*Phil Parsons
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– (NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
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Studio Analyst)
*Kyle Petty
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– (now at NASCAR on NBC
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)
*John Roberts
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– (NASCAR RaceDay
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host, NASCAR Setup pre-race show host)
* Hermie Sadler - (NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
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pit reporter)
* Danielle Trotta - (NASCAR Race Hub
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host)
*Bob Varsha
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- (Formula One
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host)
*Kaitlyn Vincie
Kaitlyn Anne Vincie (born December 10, 1987) is an American sports presenter and journalist. She works for the ''Fox NASCAR'' team as a reporter and presents in their daily news and update show ''NASCAR Race Hub''. Vincie's interest in stock car r ...
- (NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
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Studio Host)
*Krista Voda
Krista Voda Kelley (born May 31, 1974) is an American sportscaster who covers auto racing as the play-by-play announcer for the ARCA Menards Series on MAVTV. She previously worked for ''NASCAR on Fox'' and '' NASCAR on Speed'' from 2003 to 2014 ...
(now at NASCAR on NBC
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)
*Wendy Venturini
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- (NASCAR RaceDay
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analyst)
*Kenny Wallace
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– (NASCAR RaceDay
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analyst)
* Darrell Waltrip – (Fox NASCAR
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Color Commentator)
* Michael Waltrip – (NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
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Color Commentator)
*Peter Windsor
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Windsor started his journalism career at the now defunct monthly magazine ''Competition Car''. He was the motorsport edi ...
- (Formula One
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on-location reporter)
*Rutledge Wood
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- now on Top Gear
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* ''Top Gear'' (1977 TV series), a British motoring magazine programme
* ''Top Gear'' (2002 TV series), a relaunched version of the or ...
/NASCAR on NBC
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*Matt Yocum
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- (Fox NASCAR
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pit reporter)
See also
* List of programs broadcast by Speed
The following is a list of programs formerly broadcast by American and Australian television channel, Speed.
Final programming
Sports programming
Racing series
* AMA GNCC Racing
* AMA Arenacross
* AMA Superbike
* AMA Supercross
*American Le M ...
* Fox Sports (United States)
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References
External links
SPEED: The Motors on FOX Blog
(former location of official website)
Fox Sports website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Speed (Tv Channel)
Fox Sports
Companies based in Charlotte, North Carolina
Auto racing mass media
Formula One mass media
IndyCar Series on television
NASCAR on television
Television channels and stations established in 1995
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2013
Fox Corporation subsidiaries
Former Comcast subsidiaries
English-language television stations in Canada
Sports television networks in Canada
1995 establishments in the United States
2013 disestablishments in the United States