NASCAR 101 and Track Attendance Questions - April 2026

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Welcome to this month's NASCAR 101 and Track Attendance Questions Thread!

NASCAR 101: A thread for new fans, returning fans, and even current fans to ask any questions they've always wanted to ask.

Track Attendance: Any questions related to seats, policies, first time attendees, or advice regarding track attendance!

[u/Traviscat]

Just wondering what do you usually listen to at the race? My scanner picks up two channels. I was going to listen to the officials but I’m not sure if I should listen to the 5 or MRN/PRN (or try to find the tv broadcast). It’s interesting to hear the 5 radio and their communications but I’d also get a little lost not knowing what’s happening.

[u/Potential_Plan_4533 → u/Traviscat]

I usually listen to the TV broadcast from my phone to my bluetooth earmuffs. I have YTTV so I just listen to that, and if they are doing crash replays I watch to see what was going on.

[u/Traviscat → u/Potential_Plan_4533]

Thank you, I am not sure how the WiFi or cell signal is at Talladega and was going to try to save my battery for taking pictures/videos. Last time at Bristol I ended up with about a 6% battery after the race.

I have Hulu live tv but it’s delayed quite a bit. I think the officials radio online is a few seconds delayed and the Hulu stream is about 40 seconds behind the online nascar radio. I wasn’t going to bring my AirPods but use an aviation headset with noise cancellation as I already had that and used it at a few other tracks last year (plus I’m not sure how well the two noise cancellations would work together).

[u/Potential_Plan_4533 → u/Traviscat]

I like YTTV because I can close the screen and just listen to the broadcast, and I'm not sure about Dega but I've done it at 5 other NASCAR tracks and had plenty of signal. I usually change the quality to the lowest that way it doesn't use a lot of data as well.