• Drivers in the Nextel Cup Series, as well as in other types of racing, use two way radios for communication during the race.  Those communications can be light and at times comical, or serious entailing subject like safety warnings, and pit crew adjustments.
• NASCAR has informed their drivers that they need to avoid cursing on their radios.
• Fans often monitor the teams radio channels to make watching the race more interesting.
• TV coverage carries the team communications at times
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. is one of the more colorful people on the radio. Here is a quote from Dale Jr. :

  "What we say on our radio inside our race car is our own business and nobody else's," said Earnhardt Jr., a notorious curser. "Anybody else can tune in, but it's at your own risk. That's our office."

  (*excerpt from Thatsracing.com)
• Since the Super Bowl incident with Janet Jackson, the FCC has warned broadcasters that fines could reach $500,000.00 for inappropriate material.
• Mike Helton, NASCAR's #1 man, is warning teams of the consequences of their language causing affiliates to be fined. Teams may ultimately have the fines passed on to them.
• Johnny Sauter was fined $25,000, docked 25 Busch series driver points and put on probation until the end of the year for inappropriate language during a post race interview.
• The 8 radio represents Dale Jr's who is known to be quite entertaining.  On the other hand the 5 represents Terry Labonte's radio.  Terry is probably a fine choice to monitor if that language offends you.

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