2023 Holiday Gift Guide: 20 Car Enthusiast Gifts They’ll Love
Car enthusiasts can be a hard lot to shop for during the holidays. Often it is hard to know just what their project car might need to make some good forward progress. Or they may actually have a complete running vehicle (crazy, we know, but it happens sometimes) or are between projects. Never fear, Speedway Motors is here! We’ve come up with 20 great holiday gifts for car lovers in several popular categories that are certainly destined to be their most talked about holiday gift this year. Don’t delay though! Time is flying by, so get that shopping done early, sit back, and relax knowing you got your favorite car enthusiast one of these unique gifts for car lovers!
Heading Out to Cars & Coffee or A Car Show
It might be tough to think about car shows or even a morning at cars & coffee when many states this time of year have salt on the roads and it’s snowing out. But we know we have customers in those warm climates where right now is their car show season (or just order these gift ideas for car lovers to prepare them for when Spring arrives and the show season opens back up!).
Speedway Motors Wide Brim Straw Hat
Walking around Cars & Coffee or spending a day at a car show means you’re going to get lots of sun! Make sure your car enthusiast’s head, neck, and face are protected while looking awesome with our wide brim straw hat. We offer two versions, one with an underside full of cool cars and one with a repeating Speedway Motors “S” logo pattern. Either way, they’re guaranteed to stay cool and keep the sun off them. If they’re more of a trucker or “dad hat” wearer, don’t worry, we have them covered with our vast selection of cool hats.
Speedway Motors T-Shirts
Have that special car fanatic in your life rep that enthusiast lifestyle at their next car show or C&C with our broad selection of T-shirts. Available in several styles, including circle track, hot rod, classic trucks, and more, our vast line of cool T-shirts will no doubt have people asking them just where you got such a great T-shirt!
Speedway Motors Car Duster
Ask any enthusiast what the biggest issue is once they’ve parked their pride and joy at a car show and they’ll tell you the dust that keeps landing on their beautiful paint. Get them one of our car dusters this holiday season and they’ll have one less thing to worry about on the show field since they can wipe their whole ride down in seconds! These make the perfect gifts for car guys and gals with show cars.
Speedway Motors Driver’s Wristwatch
If your car enthusiast friend is into watches, our driver’s wristwatch is one of our unique gifts for car lovers. It has all manner of car-themed accents, including the tire tread strap and gauge-inspired watch face, and more that are surely to be noticed by fellow car enthusiasts when they are walking their favorite car events.
Speedway Motors Can Cooler
A long day at a car show means that your favorite car person in your life needs to stay hydrated with their favorite beverage. Our Speedway Motors can cooler is economical enough to pick up several to ensure no matter what ride your enthusiast takes to the show, there are a couple of can coolers at the ready in the glove box or console to keep their “walking around” beverage cold while ensuring that any condensation is absorbed by the can cooler to prevent dripping on their clothes or their car.
Relax With a Drink at The Bar
Many car enthusiasts love to relax after a day of progress out in the shop by having a few fingers of their finest whisky or scotch (or even a good old fashioned beer, we don’t judge) and their favorite brand of cigar. Why not get them a few goodies for their home bar to really give it that hot rodder’s touch?
Speedway Motors Pinstriped Pint & Rocks Glass Set
Whether that car person in your life has a simple bar cart or perhaps a full size stand up bar in their “man cave” area, this cool pinstripe glassware set will no doubt be their favorite car enthusiast gifts this season. Available in red, green, or blue pinstriping (all with white accent), these glasses are sure to make whatever they drink taste better!
Speedway Motors Flatheads Forever Clock
Every bar area needs a clock, right? If that special gearhead in your life needs a clock to finish off their bar or game area, then our Flatheads Forever clock is the perfect addition. Cast from aluminum and then highly polished, our Flathead clock will provide that perfect hot rod theme to your gearhead’s bar area.
Speedway Motors Tire Coaster Set
We know it can be a never ending battle getting your favorite car person to use a coaster to protect that cherished coffee table, but maybe if they had a cool tire coaster set to use they’d remember the coaster more often? Well, that’s our reasoning for having a cool set of these and now your favorite car person can too. Whether it’s for their bar, game room, or just that after dinner drink in the living room, protect those surfaces with ease using our tire coasters.
Speedway Motors Playing Cards
After a successful day of bending wrenches perhaps that enthusiast of yours would like to relax with their favorite card came. Skip the mundane playing cards at the big box store and pick up our sweet automotive themed playing cards for that next poker game with their friends. Our playing card deck features casino-quality laminated paper stock with custom themed suit and face graphics. The playing cards feature a playable deck of 52 cards plus five bonus cards in a collectible cardboard box.
Speedway Motors Desk Flag Set
Every bar or game room needs a set of motorsport flags so your racing friends can tell all those great on-track stories around. Our flag set features scale versions of all the flags used at track events. From the green flag to the checkered (and maybe that black flag that a corner worker waved and pointed at you) these will no doubt help to illustrate those tall tales of passing in no passing zones, and much, much more.
Everyone Loves New Tools
Enthusiasts love a challenge. Mainly because it often means that they have to buy new tools to complete the job. And what car lover doesn’t want some new tools this holiday season? We’ve got some great options no matter if they’re fabricators, engine builders, or detailers.
Speedway Motors SoloSwap Engine Mock Up Block
If you’re a good friend you’ve no doubt had to help muscle an engine block into place so your friend could weld in some motor mounts or determine if everything is going to clear the firewall, etc. Why not save your back and your friend’s back by gifting them one of our SoloSwap engine mock up blocks this holiday season? We have mock up blocks for small and big block Chevy, LS, Gen 3 Hemi, and Ford’s Coyote V8 as well. Best of all, they come flat packed, making them easy to gift wrap too!
Speedway Motors WheelWise Wheel Fitment Tool
Another great tool that will no doubt help your mechanically minded friends ensure that their ride has the perfect wheel and tire package is our line of WheelWise wheel fitment tools. With the ability to measure wheel offset from 14 to 22 inch wheel diameters in several popular wheel bolt pattern options, your holiday gift will doubt be used time and time again!
Speedway Motors Mechanics Style Pit Crew Work Gloves
When picking out car enthusiast gifts that show you care, why not grab a set of our mechanics style gloves for that automotive bestie in your life. These work gloves feature breathable material with padded palms and knuckle protection too. In fact, get yourself a pair too since you’ll probably be helping them with their next project, and then you can be twinsies!
Powerbuilt Truck Tire Service Step
We bet you have several friends that own trucks. No doubt they are handy for towing that race car or show car, but they can be a bear to access and clean due to their size. The Powerbuilt truck step is a terrific way to reach roof racks quickly and safely or for washing a truck’s roof or hood. It can even be utilized for working in the engine compartment. Just assemble and slip it over the truck’s tire and wheel.
Speedway Motors 2 and 4 Point Engine Lifts
If you have a serious racer as a friend, you have probably hung around the shop while they’ve pulled an engine for freshening at the end of the race season (or worse, hurt the engine mid-race and swapping to their backup engine). You can help them make their engine swaps safer and easier using our two-point or four-point engine lift plates to accomplish the job. Adjustable nylon straps and 1/4-inch steel construction that supports up to 1,200 pounds means your racer in need can pull a fully dressed engine without removing any components to clear the lift straps.
Deck The Trailers with Boughs of Storage
If your favorite car person is lucky enough to own an enclosed trailer for their race or show car (and please tell them how jealous we are of them) then they’ll really appreciate our choices here for trailer storage and organization to make the most out of their trailer’s useable space.
Speedway Motors Ramp Organizer for Trailer Quick Jack
Any tandem axle trailer owner will tell you that a trailer quick jack is a must-have item for roadside emergency trailer tire replacement. We’re betting that your favorite car enthusiast with a tandem axle trailer already has one (and if they don’t, they make great gifts for car guys in their own right) but what we’re fairly sure they don’t have is a secure way to store it in their trailer. If you get them our trailer quick jack storage organizer they’ll probably even be more prone to let you borrow their trailer when you need it. Well, maybe not, but gifting them one of our organizers couldn’t hurt your chances, right?
Speedway Motors Floor Jack Holder
Not everyone has a floor jack on board their car trailer, but if you have a pal with a really low car or perhaps a race car that has a floor jack on board for race night repairs, our floor mount floor jack holder is a great way to ensure their floor jack stays put ad doesn’t damage their vehicle being trailered. We also have a trailer wall mount version specific to aluminum race jacks that gets the floor jack off the floor entirely.
Speedway Motors Oil Storage Shelf
Racers go through a lot of motor oil in the heat of battle. From repairs between rounds to general maintenance, having extra oil on board the trailer is always a smart decision. Our oil bottle racks, available in 6 and 12-quart bottle options, are the perfect answer for not only quick access to oil in their trailer, but we designed these racks to hold a funnel and an empty bottle to drain the funnel into for a no mess funnel storage solution as well.
Speedway Motors Trailer Door Cabinet Organizer
No matter if your car buddy uses their trailer for racing or for transporting a show car, this trailer door cabinet is going to see lots of use. With the ability to store oil, spray bottles, and more with a built in towel rack, it can easily be configured for use in a racer support role, or for cleaning/detailing supplies for a show car owner. We offer a smaller version and several trailer organizer kits that feature our trailer door organizers as well if you wish to outfit their trailer this holiday season.
Speedway Motors 4-Way Lug Wrench Holder
If that special car enthusiast in your life is looking for an easy way to store their 4-way lug wrench in their trailer, then you need to pick up our 4-way lug wrench holder for them. This handy little bracket mounts on their trailer wall and provides a secure place for their 4-way wrench to ride in, while being able to be quickly accessed for tire swaps or to handle that annoying flat tire that all trailers seem to suffer from on long road trips.
Speedway Motors Gift Cards
For those on your gift giving list who are really hard to shop for in your life, there’s no better gifts for car lovers than a couple of gift cards in their holiday stockings! No worries about getting the wrong size or something they don’t need. Simply choose a gift card value between $5 and $300 and whether you want to gift your favorite car enthusiast a physical gift card (shipped free!) or an eGift card via email (great for those last minute gifts for car guys or for those that are hard to shop for in your family!). Our gift cards have zero fees and never expire too!
