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==History== {{more citations needed|date=October 2012}} ===As Speedvision=== The network originally launched as '''Speedvision''' on December 31, 1995. The network was one of two (the other being the [[NBCSN|Outdoor Life Network]]) formed out of a partnership of [[Cox Communications|Cox Cable]] and [[Times Mirror Company|Times Mirror]] 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]] and [[Continental Cablevision]] were brought on as new partners.<ref>{{cite news |title=Continental, Comcast join Cox/TM team |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/95-OCR/BC-1995-07-31-OCR-Page-0032.pdf |access-date=7 August 2021 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=July 31, 1995 |page=30}}</ref> Speedvision was planned by former [[ESPN]] executive [[Roger L. Werner]], E. Roger Williams and Robert Scanlon. The network offered a mix of automotive, boating, and aviation programming.<ref name=sbj-finaldays>{{cite web|title=The final days of Speed|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/08/05/Media/Speed.aspx|work=Sports Business Journal|date=August 5, 2013 |access-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref> Speedvision's initial lineup featured various automotive programs, including various [[documentary film|documentary]]-style series focusing on prolific vehicles, manufacturers, and racing teams (such as ''[[Victory by Design]]'' and ''[[Legends of Motorsport]]''), series focusing on classic automobiles (such as ''[[Dream Car Garage]]'', coverage of [[Barrett-Jackson]]'s auctions, and ''[[My Classic Car]]'', which moved to the network from [[The Nashville Network|TNN]]), an ''[[AutoWeek]]''-branded television series, along with ''[[MotorWeek]]'' and ''[[Autoline Detroit]]'' – two programs respectively syndicated from [[PBS]] [[network affiliate#member stations|member stations]] in [[Maryland Public Television|Maryland]] and [[WTVS|Detroit]]. Speedvision also carried coverage of various minor and professional auto racing series, including the [[Sports Car Club of America]]'s [[Pirelli World Challenge|World Challenge series]] (of which it also acquired [[title sponsor]]ship of in 1999, becoming the ''Speedvision World Challenge''). ===Fox acquisition and NASCAR push=== In the summer of 2001, the [[Fox Entertainment Group]] (then a subsidiary of [[News Corporation]]) 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]], thus giving them majority control of the network. Since [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]] had recently acquired [[NASCAR on Fox|broadcast rights]] to the first half of the [[NASCAR]] [[NASCAR Nationwide Series|Busch]] and [[NASCAR Sprint Cup Series|Winston Cup Series]] in a six-year deal, Fox planned to leverage Speedvision as an outlet for supplemental NASCAR programming.<ref name=sbj-finaldays/> To coincide with that year's running of the [[2002 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]], Speedvision was relaunched as '''Speed Channel''' on February 11, 2002; the network's operations were also relocated from [[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]], [[Connecticut]] to [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]] (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]]'', rerun from [[Fox Sports Networks|Fox Sports Net]], and ''[[NASCAR Race Hub]]''), pre-race programs ''[[NASCAR Trackside|Trackside]]'' and ''[[NASCAR RaceDay]]'', and the post-race ''[[NASCAR Victory Lane]]''. Speed Channel also added a weekly call-in show in 2003, ''[[WindTunnel with Dave Despain]]'', which featured interviews and discussions relating to news and events in auto racing. [[File:US Navy 070504-N-5345W-055 NASCAR Busch Series driver Shane Huffman, driver of the U.S. Navy ^88 Chevy Monte Carlo, answers questions from Speed Channel's Dick Berggren after qualifying a career-high 3rd for the Circuit City 25.jpg|thumb|175px|right|NASCAR Busch (now Xfinity) Series driver [[Shane Huffman]] answers questions from Speed Channel's [[Dick Berggren]].]] Starting in 2003, Speed began to carry NASCAR's [[NASCAR Truck Series|Truck Series]], after buying out the remainder of [[ESPN2]]'s contract for the events. The channel also offered coverage of practices and qualifying races in NASCAR's main national series, the [[Gatorade Duels]] qualifying races, and the [[NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race|Sprint All-Star Race]]. 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.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/UH_LYczi6Uk Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210203022030/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH_LYczi6Uk Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH_LYczi6Uk| title = 2006 02 12 Daytona 500 Qualifying | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Until late 2007, Speed also aired coverage of [[International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation]] events over the winter months – including [[bobsledding]], [[luge]] and [[skeleton (sport)|skeleton]]. Its winter sports coverage also included an annual charity bobsledding event organized by NASCAR driver and bobsled builder [[Geoff Bodine]], which featured participation by various NASCAR drivers. [[Universal Sports]] 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]] (including the [[24 Hours of Daytona]]), the [[American Le Mans Series]] (along with the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]]), the newly renamed ''Speed World Challenge'' until 2010, and the [[Formula One World Championship]]. By the mid 2000s, these came along with an increasing number of [[Reality television|reality]] series (such as the [[street racing]]-inspired ''[[Pinks (TV series)|Pinks]]'', ''[[Unique Whips]]'', ''[[Chop Cut Rebuild]]'', the [[drag racing]] [[game show]] ''Pass Time'', ''[[American Trucker]]'', and ''Hard Parts: South Bronx'', along with reruns of the [[MTV]] series ''[[Pimp My Ride]]''). By 2008, Speed was carried in over 73 million households.<ref name=sbj-finaldays/> In 2010, Fox launched Speed 2, a [[TV Everywhere]] video streaming service which featured coverage of additional racing series not broadcast by Speed, along with [[video on demand]] access to archived Speed programs. The service was shut down in 2014.<ref name=speed2-mcn>{{cite web|title=Time Warner Cable Revs Up Speed 2 Broadband Launch|url=http://www.multichannel.com/content/time-warner-cable-revs-speed-2-broadband-launch|work=Multichannel News|access-date=August 21, 2013}}</ref> In 2011, Speed began carrying Australia's [[V8 Supercars]] series; it also aired live coverage of the [[Gold Coast 600]] (where major international drivers competed in teams alongside Australian drivers) and the [[Bathurst 1000]] featuring [[Darrell Waltrip]], [[Mike Joy]], [[Leigh Diffey]], 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, Texas|Austin]]'s [[Circuit of the Americas]] for the 2013 season.<ref name=crashnet-speedv8>{{cite web|title=Waltrip joins US TV coverage of Bathurst 1000|date=September 14, 2011|url=http://www.crash.net/v8+supercars/news/173044/1/waltrip_joins_us_tv_coverage_of_bathurst_1000.html|publisher=Crash.net|access-date=October 12, 2012}}</ref> 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]] 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 [[NBCSN|NBC Sports Network]].<ref name=speed-nof1>{{cite web|title=SPEED coverage of Formula One comes to an end in 2012|url=http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/speed-coverage-of-formula-one-comes-to-an-end-in-2012/|publisher=Motorsport.com|access-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref><ref name=nbc-f1>{{cite web|title=Formula 1 lands four-year deal with NBC|url=http://www.racer.com/formula-1-lands-four-year-deal-with-nbc/article/263645/|publisher=Racer|access-date=October 16, 2012}}</ref> 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 Cup Series and the full NASCAR Truck Series), along with the addition of online streaming rights beginning in 2013.<ref name=fox-nascarextend>{{cite web|title=NASCAR rides hot rights market to increase with Fox|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2012/10/15/Media/NASCAR-TV.aspx|work=Sports Business Journal|date=October 15, 2012 |access-date=October 17, 2012}}</ref> ===International expansion=== Speed became available in [[Canada]] shortly after its U.S. launch. As Speedvision, Speed was approved by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) to be added to its list of foreign cable networks approved for carriage on Canadian cable and satellite providers in 1997.<ref name="pn-crtc-1997-96">{{cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1997/PB97-96.htm|title=Public Notice CRTC 1997-96|author=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|date=July 22, 1997|access-date=March 5, 2013|author-link=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission}}</ref> As such, Speed was 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 [[Blackout (broadcasting)|blacked out]] to protect [[The Sports Network|TSN]], which holds domestic broadcast rights to F1 events (under CRTC rules, foreign services must own Canadian broadcast rights to the content they air).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/satlist.htm|title=Revised list of non-Canadian programming services authorized for distribution as of 13 February 2013|author=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|date=February 13, 2013|access-date=March 5, 2013|quote=Authorization for the services on this list is subject to the following: Providers of these foreign services must have obtained and must remain in possession of all necessary rights for the distribution of their programming in Canada. [...]|author-link=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission}}</ref> 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. The Latin American version of Speed was launched on November 5, 2005 with a Brazilian version following in July 2006, carrying live coverage of the NASCAR Cup, Nationwide Series, and Truck Series, [[Rolex Sports Car Series]], American Le Mans Series (including 24 Hours of Le Mans), and the [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters]]. It also aired delayed coverage of the [[World Series by Renault]] and [[NASCAR Mexico]]. Other programming included highlights shows including [[British Formula 3 International Series|British Formula Three Championship]], the Argentine [[TC 2000]] and [[Turismo Carretera]], and the Colombian T.C. 2000 and delayed highlights of Australia's V8 Supercars, [[FIA GT]] (airing on a few months delay), [[AMA Supercross]] and [[Monster Jam]], as well as non-motorsport programs such as [[Grand Prix on Track]], [[Grand Prix Story]], [[Unique Whips]], [[Tuner Mania]] and [[Pinks (TV series)|Pinks]]. Speed launched in Australia on November 1, 2010 on [[Foxtel]] in both [[standard-definition television|standard]] and [[high-definition television|high definition]].<ref name="Speed TV Australia">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/11/speed-is-on-the-air.html|title=SPEED is on the air|date=November 2010 |publisher=David Knox|access-date=November 2, 2010}}</ref> After months of negotiations and controversy, on March 25, 2011, Speed and Speed HD launched on subscription television provider [[Austar]].<ref name="SPEED Launches on Austar">{{cite web|url=http://www.austar.com.au/tv/about-austar/austar-news-speed.aspx|title=AUSTAR News: SPEED Channel , About Austar – AUSTAR Television|publisher=Austar|access-date=March 24, 2011|archive-date=May 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526173046/http://www.austar.com.au/tv/about-austar/austar-news-speed.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> Among other racing events, the Australian network aired NASCAR Cup, Nationwide and Truck Series, V8 Supercars and Superbike World Championship with the network also having its own version of ''Speed News''. Unlike the U.S. version, it was owned by [[Fox Sports Pty Limited]], a subsidiary of [[News Corp Australia]] – which no longer was directly connected to 21st Century Fox due to its inclusion in the [[News Corp|split]] of News Corporation. On February 5, 2012, the Latin American channel was replaced in [[Brazil]] by a domestic version of [[Fox Sports (Brazil)|Fox Sports]]. Beginning in 2012, the network broadcast [[Formula 1]] 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 Latinoamérica|Fox Sports 3]], whose programming remained focused on motorsports the following years. On November 2, 2014, the Australian version of Speed closed and was replaced by [[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports 5]].<ref name="2014 Expansion">{{cite web|title=FOX Sports adding two more channels|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2014/09/fox-sports-adding-two-more-channels.html|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|date=3 September 2014|access-date=3 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="2014 Expansion2">{{cite web|title=BEST YEAR EVER IN 2015 DEMANDS SEVEN HIGH DEFINITION FOX SPORTS CHANNELS|url=http://www.knowfirst.info/forums/showthread.php?t=47471|publisher=KnowFirst|last=Mark@|date=3 September 2014|access-date=3 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903121448/http://www.knowfirst.info/forums/showthread.php?t=47471|archive-date=3 September 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ===Shutdown of Speed and relaunch as Fox Sports 1, 2 and Fox Sports Racing=== {{main|Fox Sports 1|Fox Sports 2|Fox Sports Racing}} 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]]; 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]] and [[Nationwide Series]] events), but joined by new or recently acquired sports rights, including [[college basketball]] and [[college football|football]], [[Major League Soccer]], [[Ultimate Fighting Championship|UFC]], and new studio programming. Sister channel Fuel TV was also being re-launched as a companion, [[Fox Sports 2]].<ref name=usatoday-fs1>{{cite news|title=Fox Sports launches direct challenge to ESPN dominance|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2013/03/05/fox-sports-cable-channel-challenging-espn-dominance-catholic-7/1965299/|work=USA Today|access-date=March 7, 2013|first1=Michael|last1=Hiestand|date=March 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fox Sports announces Fox Sports 1|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/FOX-Sports-announces-FOX-Sports-1-network-030513|access-date=March 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/fox-extends-nascar-tv-contract-adds-races-broadcast-221529120.html|title=Fox extends NASCAR TV contract and adds races to broadcast schedule starting in 2015|website=sports.yahoo.com|date=August 2013 }}</ref><ref name="rebrand">{{cite web|url=http://www.mmaweekly.com/fuel-tv-re-brands-as-fox-sports-2-launches-alongside-fox-sports-1-will-still-feature-ufc|title=Fuel TV Re-Brands as Fox Sports 2, Launches Alongside Fox Sports 1; Will Still Feature UFC|last=Pishna|first=Ken|work=MMA Weekly|date=August 6, 2013|access-date=August 11, 2013}}</ref> 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]] marking the end of Speed's operations in the United States: {{cquote|For 18 years, it's been our honor and privilege to present motorsports and automotive-related programming to you on the network that began as Speedvision, became Speed Channel, and is now known as Speed. From the visionaries who started this network, from maintenance to management, from the talent to the truck drivers, we've shared your passion for motorsports over lo these many years. We love that you care as much about your cars as family, God and country, and so do we. But now, it's time to switch off the ignition and turn in the keys. This is the end of Speed in America. We hope you'll follow us on our new journey to Fox Sports 1 because all your favorite live NASCAR programming and much more is coming along with us. So now, it's goodnight and farewell to America's motorsports authority, Speed.|4=Fox's [[Mike Joy]], at the moment Speed was relaunched as Fox Sports 1<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nascar/story/2013-08-17/end-of-speed-start-of-fox-sports-1-video-future-mike-joy-curt-menefee|title=As Speed dies, Mike Joy provides lookback, then bridge to Fox Sports 1|website=www.sportingnews.com}}</ref>}} 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]], [[Dish Network]] and [[Time Warner Cable]]) 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.<ref name="lat-fs1-deal">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-fox-sports-distribution-20130814,0,5466870.story|title=Fox Sports 1 will launch with DirecTV, Dish and Time Warner Cable|first=Joe|last=Flint|date=August 14, 2013|access-date=August 14, 2013|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> 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 running an automated loop of Speed's previous non-event programming, and simulcasts of motorsports programming carried by Fox Sports 1 or [[Fox Sports 2|2]].<ref name="sbj-twospeeds"/><ref name=sbj-fs1carriage>{{cite web|title=FS1 carriage talks sticky a month out|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/07/15/Media/FS1.aspx|work=Sports Business Journal|date=July 15, 2013 |access-date=July 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=16011|title=Speed Channel TV listings (August 17, 2013 onwards)|publisher=[[Zap2It]]|access-date=August 7, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202162923/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings/ZCSGrid.do?stnNum=16011|archive-date=February 2, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Image:Speed tv f1 panel ims stage 2006.jpg|thumb|325px|right|Speed's former [[Formula One]] commentators record a panel discussion at the 2006 [[United States Grand Prix]] at [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]] (left to right – [[Derek Daly]], [[Peter Windsor]], [[Bob Varsha]], [[David Hobbs (racing driver)|David Hobbs]], [[Sam Posey]], [[Steve Matchett]]).]] Despite the channel’s shutdown, the Speed brand would be briefly used on Fox Sports’ social media platforms for coverage of [[AMA Supercross]], the [[NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series]], the [[ARCA Racing Series]], [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]], and other non-NASCAR motorsports. Some of these Speed-branded accounts were later converted for ''[[IndyCar Series on Fox]]'' use. In Canada, as well as the [[Caribbean]] and [[Puerto Rico]], Speed was not converted to Fox Sports 1 with the exact reasons for this not being confirmed, although in the case of Canada, it was 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 with that version of Speed still being available in these areas despite its U.S. shutdown. It would continue 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 did not otherwise originate any new programming of its own. During hours when the network was not simulcasting FS1 or FS2 coverage, it carried repeats of past events and Speed's previous reality and documentary programming without carrying commercial advertising: commercial breaks consist solely of promos for its programming, with no outside advertising aside from [[public service announcement]]s and promotions inserted by local providers.<ref name=sbj-twospeeds>{{cite web|title=Two channels will carry Speed name|url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/08/05/Media/Speed-future.aspx|work=Sports Business Journal|date=August 5, 2013 |access-date=August 16, 2013}}</ref> In early 2014, major Canadian service providers including [[Rogers Cable]] and [[Bell Satellite TV]] began to drop the service upon the expiration of their carriage contracts. [[Cogeco]] dropped the Speed Channel on July 15, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cogeco.ca/speedchannel/|title=Speed Channel|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140726233541/http://www.cogeco.ca/speedchannel/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 26, 2014|publisher=[[Cogeco]]|access-date=July 18, 2014}}</ref> [[Shaw Communications|Shaw]] later announced they would drop Speed on April 1, 2015 within their cable and satellite system (a.k.a. Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shaw.ca/Customer-Bulletins/April-2015-Removal-of-Speed-channel/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206090237/http://www.shaw.ca/Customer-Bulletins/April-2015-Removal-of-Speed-channel/|archive-date=February 6, 2015|title=April 2015 - Removal of Speed channel|publisher=Shaw|access-date=February 12, 2015}}</ref> Reports indicate that Fox had attempted to raise the channel's carriage fees significantly, despite the major reductions in original programming for international viewers,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thestar.blogs.com/autoracing/2014/02/fogarty-gurney-at-large-villeneuve-at-indy-and-speed-channel.html|title=Fogarty, Gurney at large, Villeneuve at Indy and Speed Channel|first=Norris|last=McDonald|work=Wheels.ca|date=February 25, 2014|access-date=March 24, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324184308/http://thestar.blogs.com/autoracing/2014/02/fogarty-gurney-at-large-villeneuve-at-indy-and-speed-channel.html|archive-date=March 24, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogers.com/web/content/speed-channel?asc_refid=serviceupdate|title=Speed Channel|publisher=[[Rogers Communications]]|access-date=March 24, 2014}}</ref> On February 19, 2015, Fox announced that the international feed of Speed would be re-branded as [[Fox Sports Racing]], and announced that Rogers had reached a deal to add the rebranded network back to its lineup.<ref name=fs-fsracing>{{cite web|title=FOX Sports Racing to launch new era in motor sports Friday|url=http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story/fox-sports-racing-rebranding-speed-international-launch-feb-20-camping-world-truck-race-021915|work=Fox Sports|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> ===Revival as a FAST channel=== On October 12, 2022, it was announced that Speed co-founder Robert Scanlon was collaborating with [[Rick Hendrick]], [[Bill Goldberg]] and advertising industry sales executive Joe Abruzzese to revive the Speedvision brand as a linear channel on FAST ('''f'''ree '''a'''d-'''s'''upported '''t'''elevision) services.<ref name=speedfast>{{cite web|title=SPEEDVISION set to return as streaming network|date=October 13, 2022 |url=https://racer.com/2022/10/13/speedvision-set-to-return-as-streaming-network/|publisher=[[Racer (magazine)|Racer]]|access-date=October 27, 2023}}</ref> The new channel was launched on November 17, 2022 <ref name=rejoice>{{cite web|title=Speedvision - Auto Enthusiasts Rejoice!|url=https://www.speedvisionnetwork.com/|date=November 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117152958/https://www.speedvisionnetwork.com/ |access-date=October 27, 2023|archive-date=November 17, 2022 }}</ref> and features original and archival automotive programming on its daily schedule.
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