Bringing a to a NASCAR race will let you hear the drivers, race crew and spotters talk to each other during the race. You can also listen to NASCAR officials or even the radio broadcast. Most scanners will let you listen to some teams and crew but you need to look for more frequencys than the basic to hear them all.
The 400-500 frequency range will cover most Nextel drivers but other races use the 800 range. Also having at least 200 savable channels will let you save Nextel and Bush drivers without reprogramming during the race weekend.
Just looking for a scanner with the NASCAR logo on it will make sure you have most all of the features you will need. Here is a NASCAR NEXTEL radio scanner frequency chart.
Scanner Frequencies for the 2007 Nextel Cup Series
| # | DRIVER | PL | CH1 | PL | CH2 |
| 00 | David Reutimann |
532 | 457.5375 | 114 | 461.9375 |
| 01 | Mark Martin Regan Smith |
516 | 463.2875 | 431 | 461.3250 |
| 02 | Brandon Ash | 114 | 461.1250 | 261 | 463.2500 |
| 03 | Todd Bodine | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 04 | Eric McCure | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 07 | Clint Bowyer | 631 | 469.2375 | 632 | 464.4625 |
| 09 | Mike Wallace | 77.0 | 469.3125 | 306 | 460.7375 |
| 1 | Martin Truex Jr. |
226 | 466.6875 | 69.3 | 457.6000 |
| 2 | Kurt Busch | 032 | 451.8250 | 072 | 464.8250 |
| 4 | Ward Burton | 245 | 468.8500 | 662 | 461.7500 |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | 241.8 | 468.2125 | 77.0 | 467.0375 |
| 6 | David Ragan | 85.4 | 460.9500 | 123.0 | 466.7500 |
| 7 | Robby Gordon | 69.3 | 469.4500 | 71.9 | 463.6500 |
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr |
134 | 464.9500 | 132 | 463.7250 |
| 9 | Kasey Kahne | 754 | 451.8500 | 734 | 452.6500 |
| 10 | Scott Riggs | 465 | 462.7650 | 243 | 462.5875 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | 632 | 467.4750 | 051 | 462.4250 |
| 12 | Ryan Newman | 125 | 457.7875 | 116 | 466.2125 |
| 13 | Joe Nemechek | 445 | 469.4625 | 125 | 469.5875 |
| 14 | Sterling Marlin |
155 | 457.1750 | 723 | 452.1250 |
| 15 | Paul Menard | 654 | 452.0500 | 743 | 464.8750 |
| 16 | Greg Biffle | 723 | 468.4500 | 546 | 465.0250 |
| 17 | Matt Kenseth | 712 | 458.4750 | 703 | 462.4500 |
| 18 | J.J. Yeley | 734 | 467.4500 | 031 | 462.5000 |
| 19 | Elliott Sadler | 411 | 456.8500 | 165 | 452.4500 |
| 20 | Tony Stewart | 265 | 462.5250 | 413 | 462.4750 |
| 21 | Ken Schrader Jon Wood |
134 | 452.0125 | 205 | 452.2000 |
| 22 | Dave Blaney | 051 | 468.9375 | 263 | 460.1625 |
| 23 | Mike Skinner | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 24 | Jeff Gordon | 225.7 | 467.0625 | 94.8 | 465.8625 |
| 25 | Casey Mears | 250.3 | 466.7875 | 74.4 | 462.0625 |
| 26 | Jamie McMurray | 233.6 | 465.9750 | 218.1 | 460.7250 |
| 27 | Kirk Shelmerdine |
155 | 459.3625 | 244 | 460.0125 |
| 29 | Kevin Harvick | 131 | 469.0125 | 132 | 462.0250 |
| 30 | Stanton Barrett |
723 | 467.5250 | 114 | 465.0125 |
| 31 | Jeff Burton | 311 | 468.5750 | 315 | 468.6000 |
| 33 | Scott Wimmer | 031 | 468.2500 | 032 | 464.5875 |
| 34 | Kevin Lepage | 223 | 466.3625 | 223 | 461.4125 |
| 36 | Jeremy Mayfield |
263 | 460.1625 | 051 | 468.9375 |
| 37 | Bill Elliott | 503 | 464.1125 | 371 | 464.3125 |
| 38 | David Gilliland |
351 | 466.9500 | 315 | 466.4500 |
| 39 | Regan Smith | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 40 | David Stremme | 624 | 461.3750 | 315 | 462.1000 |
| 41 | Reed Sorenson | 306 | 466.1500 | 631 | 458.0000 |
| 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya |
261 | 452.7000 | 365 | 466.1000 |
| 43 | Bobby Labonte | 431 | 467.7750 | 743 | 464.4500 |
| 44 | Dale Jarrett | 731 | 463.2125 | 712 | 469.1125 |
| 45 | Kyle Petty | 043 | 461.2250 | 645 | 464.4000 |
| 47 | Marcos Ambrose Jon Wood Ken Schrader |
? | ? | ? | ? |
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson | 118.8 | 451.9875 | 127.3 | 452.2375 |
| 49 | Mike Bliss | 371 | 461.4125 | 371 | 466.2875 |
| 55 | Michael Waltrip |
503 | 452.8125 | 734 | 452.1125 |
| 58 | James Hylton | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 60 | Boris Said | 179.9 | 462.2500 | 94.8 | 467.2500 |
| 61 | Front Row Motorsports |
346 | 463.2125 | 251 | 467.1125 |
| 66 | Jeff Green | 047 | 466.5000 | 074 | 469.1375 |
| 70 | Johnny Sauter | 223 | 464.6375 | 074 | 469.7375 |
| 71 | Frank Kimmel | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 72 | Brandon Whitt | 103.5 | 462.8125 | 110.9 | 467.3125 |
| 74 | Derrike Cope | 141.3 | 464.4125 | 141.3 | 464.5500 |
| 78 | Kenny Wallace | 131.8 | 452.2625 | 445 | 466.0250 |
| 80 | Aric Amorola | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 83 | Brian Vickers | 452 | 451.6125 | 664 | 451.9750 |
| 84 | AJ Allmendinger |
455 | 452.0875 | 266 | 456.5625 |
| 88 | Ricky Rudd | 606 | 468.5250 | 445 | 466.3750 |
| 89 | Morgan Shepherd |
123.0 | 467.1375 | 107.2 | 468.6500 |
| 92 | Front Row Motorsports |
167.9 | 463.8125 | 79.7 | 467.5500 |
| 96 | Tony Raines | 97.4 | 461.1625 | 210.7 | 466.2625 |
| 99 | Carl Edwards | 043 | 466.2750 | 043 | 466.8625 |