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2026 NASCAR CUP
SCANNER FREQUENCIES
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts SERIES
SCANNER FREQUENCIES
DRIVER
Nicholas Monteiro
James Roe
Bryce Aron
Niels Koolen
Carson Etter
Max Garcia
Alessandro De Tullio
Nicolas Stati
Salvador De Alba
Matteo Nannini
Nikita Johnson
Lochie Hughes
Seb Murray
Max Taylor
Josh Pierson
Jack Beeton
Jordan Missig
Colin Kaminsky
Enzo Fittipaldi
JM Correa
Tymek Kucharczyk
Aleander Koreiba
Ricardo Escotto
Myles Rowe
RACE CONTROL
PRIMARY
460.8000
466.1125
452.7000
466.1000
466.3750
463.7750
460.9000
460.0125
460.1000
453.4125
463.1625
469.5375
464.5375
462.9125
469.8375
460.2000
454.7875
467.1625
460.3000
460.6125
460.4000
462.0125
464.0125
467.2375
450.7500
SubTone
CAR #
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
14
15
18
19
20
21
26
27
28
30
45
47
60
66
76
77
DRIVER
Josef Newgarden
Scott McLaughlin
Caio Collet
Pato O'Ward
Nolan Siegel
Christian Lundgaard
Kyffin Simpson
Scott Dixon
Alex Palou
David Malukas
Santino Ferrucci
Graham Rahal
Romain Grosjean
Dennis Hauger
Alexander Rossi
Chris Rasmussen
Will Power
Kyle Kirkwood
Marcus Ericsson
Devlin DeFrancesco
Louis Foster
Mick Schumacher
Felix Rosenqvist
Marcus Armstrong
Rinus Veekay
Sting Ray Robb
PRIMARY
464.9250
466.8250
463.0125
460.5625
460.6625
460.7625
457.0250
456.6500
467.0375
466.2125
467.0750
466.9125
467.2000
463.6000
469.1125
469.9250
464.3000
468.4875
469.3000
468.2625
466.3125
468.2625
461.0750
452.8000
458.1000
459.6500

ABOUT RACE SCANNERS
A scanner allows you to listen to communications during a race between the Pit Crew and the
Driver.
There are other things you can listen to during race weekend as well:
* Comments to the Driver from the Spotter
* Race Control Communications
* Emergency and Safety Crews
* Media News Team that are there broadcasting the race.
All of these have their own separate frequency channels that need to be programmed into the
scanner.
You also have the option to enter a "tone" or "T/C" for each frequency. Tones allow you to select
one source from others that may be using the same frequency. When used it will only allow that
specific transmission to open the squelch on a receiver. That means that any transmission with
no tone or a different tone on that frequency, will not be heard.
The squelch is a knob you can adjust which forces the radio to only stop on a channel if there is
a transmission occurring, as it scans multiple frequencies. If you turn the squelch off, then the
scanner will not scan, but stay on that frequency. The squelch can be used to also weed out
weak transmissions. Do not use squelch if you are using tones.
You can program the scanner by using the buttons on the scanner, but that is tedious.
You can usually use your PC to program the scanner.
As your radio scans the frequencies that have been entered, its stops when it picks up someone
talking. The display shows an ID that identifies a number or name next to the frequency, that is
programmed into the radio along with the frequency. If your radio cannot hold the name of the
driver, you'll probably progam the drivers car number as it's ID. Radios can also Search - which
means it goes through all the thousands of possible channels - something you might do at home
to look for interesting channels.
At the track, you will have the radio scan the frequencies you have selected. You might have it
scan all drivers, or a select few.
You can use a knob to manually move to other frequencies, or you can manually type in a frequency.
You can hold on a channel to monitor it constantly.
At some races, you can buy or rent a scanner that is already programmed for the race series.
They will update the frequencies in your scanner for free in following years.
CHOOSING A SCANNER
An analog scanner may be all you need.
Choose a scanner that has enough channels, often 100-500. Consider how many different race
series you will want frequencies for.
Some scanners only display the driver's car number next to the frequency, while others display
the driver's name, which makes it easier to quickly know who you are listening to.
Example of scanners commonly used by race fans:
Uniden Bearcat BC-125AT and the Uniden SR30C. Both are 500 channel.
SCANNER RENTALS AT THE SPEEDWAY
Twin Power Scanners has been selling and renting Uniden Bearcat race scanners at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 2012. You can find their green trailer parked inside
the track near Gate 9 / Turn 4. If you bought a scanner from them, you can stop by any
time and they'll plug a wire into your scanner and update the frequencies. They are at
Indy in May for IndyCar.
Note: Twin Tower cannot update R.E. Scanners purchased from "Racing Electronics."
(The R.E. company used to sell scanners at the speedway that were not user
programmable. R.E. stopped coming to Indy, leaving all their Speedway and IndyCar
customers without a means to update their frequencies.)
Sometimes the strap for over-the-head headsets are bulky and prevent you from wearing a hat.
The behind-the-head headsets have a thin strap to go over the top of your head, allowing you to
wear your cap.
Headsets often come with a noise-canceling feature, which makes it easier to hear the radio over
the noise from the race cars.
SHARING
You can plug in another headset with a simple splitter, allowing someone else to listen to the scanner.
Behind-the-head Strap (This particularone has a mic)
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HEADSET FEATURES
Headsets may come with the scanner. If not, you should buy a pair because it is hard to hear their
speaker over the roar of race cars.
They usually have a volume control on them, sometimes one for each ear.
There are two types of straps for headsets:
Headphones can come with an intercom that let two people converse who are sharing the
scanner. These headphones each have a mic. There is a button on the attaching wire that
is used when you want to talk.
Bluetooth headphones are also available which allows you to get rid of the wire connecting
the headset from the radio. A bluetooth dongle for the radio is needed in this case.
TIPS
* Bring a backup set of AA batteries
* Bring a Driver/Car # list with you if your scanner displays only Car #.
OTHER THINGS YOU CAN LISTEN TO WITH A SCANNER
* Police and Fire Departments
* NOAA Weather Transmissions
* Business/Industrial Radio
* Utilities
* Marine and Amateur (Ham Radio) Bands
* Aircraft Band
Examples of splitters
GENERAL SCANNER INFORMATION
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Note: Frequencies for drivers often stay the same from year to year if they do not switch teams.
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RACING SCANNERS & FREQUENCIES
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Car#
Driver
Frequency
Verified May 2023
TEAM
FOYT
GANASSI
GANASSI
GANASSI
GANASSI
ABEL
FOYT
CUSICK
HMD
CAPE
CAPE
ANDRETTI
ANDRETTI
ANDRETTI
ANDRETTI
HMD
ABEL
ABEL
HMD
CUSICK
HMD
JUNCOS
JUNCOS
ABEL
INDYCAR
TONE
271
223
205
516
125
036
371
411
331
132
734
466
115
131
506
143
627
SECONDARY
469.6000
464.6750
467.6875
469.4375
463.8375
459.7750
461.1125
461.1875
464.0375
464.6000
458.9125
468.8872
469.9375
464.9375
457.6750
465.9625
463.2125
467.8875
469.7500
469.2625
467.8375
469.2625
454.5000
461.7250
468.0750
454.6500
TONE
x
x
x
364
167.9
x
445
205
431
074
532
351
x
731
261
631
631
Ross Chastain
Austin Cindric
Austin Dillon
Noah Gragson
Kyle Larson
Brad Keselowski
Daniel Suarez
Kyle Busch
Chase Elliot
Ty Dillon
Denny Hamlin
Ryan Blaney
AJ Allmendinger
Chris Buescher
Chase Briscoe
Christopher Bell
Josh Berry
Joey Logano
Bubba Wallace
William Byron
Todd Gilliland
Riley Herbst
Zane Smith
Cole Custer
John H. Nemechek
Erik Jones
Tyler Reddick
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Alex Bowman
Cody Ware
Ty Gibbs
Ryan Preece
Michael McDowell
Carson Hocevar
Connor Zilsch
Shane Gisbergen
463.2375
464.1875
469.0125
468.6500
465.8625
466.2750
469.5875
468.6000
461.9875
465.1125
467.4750
464.7000
467.9875
460.9500
458.1750
466.0125
465.8875
464.8250
463.0875
453.0500
467.1125
458.9000
463.3125
469.1375
460.1625
463.3375
467.5375
457.6500
451.2000
466.2250
467.4500
468.9500
459.0375
458.2125
465.3875
463.8250
Trackhouse Racing
Team Penske
Richard Childress Racing
Front Row Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports
RFK Racing
Spire Motorsports
Richard Childress Racing
Hendrick Motorsports
Kaulig Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing
Team Penske
Kaulig Racing
RFK Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing
Wood Brothers Racing
Team Penske
23XI Racing
Hendrick Motorsports
Front Row Motorsports
23XI Racing
Front Row Motorsports
Haas Factory Team
Legacy Motor Club
Legacy Motor Club
23XI Racing
HYAK Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports
Rick Ware Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing
RFK Racing
Spire Motorsports
Spire Motorsports
Trackhouse Racing
Trackhouse Racing
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
16
17
19
20
21
22
23
24
34
35
38
41
42
43
45
47
48
51
54
60
71
77
88
97
Team
00
1
02
2
5
7
8
17
18
19
20
21
24
25
26
27
28
31
32
39
41
44
45
48
51
54
87
96
87
99
Sheldon Creed
Carson Kvapil
Ryan Ellis
Jesse Love
Luke Fenhaus
Justin Allgaier
Sammy Smith
Corey Day
William Sawalich
Brent Crews
Brandon Jones
Austin Hill
Harrison Burton
Nick Sanchez
Dean Thompson
Jeb Burton
Kyle Sieg
Blaine Perkins
Rajah Caruth
Ryan Sieg
Sam Mayer
Brennan Poole
Lavar Scott
Patrick Staropoli
Jeremy Clements
Taylor Gray
Josh Bilicki
Anthony Alfredo
Austin Green
Parker Retzladd
468.2875
468.9125
456.1500
469.2375
458.0250
468.8625
462.7875
457.9875
464.7875
461.8625
456.8625
453.0750
468.8250
452.0250
459.3725
452.0875
467.1750
466.3375
457.0125
451.3750
453.3750
462.9500
468.5375
469.1875
464.7000
466.3125
453.0250
465.7250
460.1000
Car#
Driver
Frequency
Updated March 5, 2026
IMS P.A.
IMS P.A.
IMS P.A.
NBC
NBC
NBC (crew)
NBC (crew)
NBC (crew)
INDYCAR RADIO
RACE CONTROL
RACE CONTROL
SAFETY 2
450.4375
450.6375
450.6875
450.1625
450.3625
450.1250
450.2875
450.0750
454.0000 450.7375
468.8250 103.5
467.0125 032
461.4250 (digital)
Analog with Interference:
IMS SAFETY 1
RACE DIRECTOR
INDYCAR OFFICIALS
INDYCAR OBSERVERS
Tone
451.6875 365
464.1750 85.4
468.8125 546
469.3625
Note: IndyCar only allows teams to have 2
frequencies per driver and they must be
un-encrypted and analog.
CAR
4
8
9
10
11
12
14
15
17
20
21
26
27
28
29
45
48
57
67
68
71
75
76
99
100
Updated March 5, 2026
The following IndyCar communication rules may be of interest to you:
From the 2025 INDYCAR RULEBOOK
7.4.1.1. All voice radio transmissions to and from the Car must be in the 450.000-470.000 MHz
range. Analog 12.5K narrowband spacing bandwidth channels are the only in-car radio voice
transmission and reception permitted. The in-Car radio must not be capable of transmitting or
receiving in a digital format. Radio transmissions must not be encrypted, scrambled or
otherwise modified to affect INDYCAR’s ability to record, scan and hear at any time during the
Event. Channel hopping transmissions to or from the in-Car radio are not permitted.
7.4.1.2. The in-car voice radio must only have their two (2) predesignated analog frequencies
(primary and the backup) programmed into the in-car radio and these two frequencies must be
unique from all other in-car transceivers.
7.4.1.3. All in-car voice radio analog frequencies will use a DCS/DPL code that is unique to all
other car’s DCS/DPL code.
Ed Carpenter
Ryan Hunter-Reay
Helio Castroneves
Jack Harvey
33
31
06
Ed Carpenter Racing
Arrow Mclaren
Meyer Shank Racing
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing/Cusick
Updated March 5, 2026
NON CHARTER TEAM DRIVERS
Car#
Driver
Frequency
Team
36
40
44
62
67
78
84
99
Chandler Smith
Justin Allgaier
JJ Yeley
Anthony Alfredo
Corey Heim
BJ McLeod
Jimmie Johnson
Corey LaJoie
468.6625
457.8875
456.7750
451.3250
467.8125
467.7500
460.2375
453.7375
Front Row Motorsports
JR Motorsports
NY Racing Team
Beard Motorsports
23XI Racing
Live Fast Motorsports
Legacy Motor Club
RFK Racing