Today I finally found an amazing giveaway that I had to share with you!

I know I don’t talk about NASCAR much on Stiletto Sports but I will soon since the season about to start it’s engines with the Daytona 500 on Valentine’s Day. And I have NASCAR Fashionistas to thank for my interest in the auto sport. Their blog  is one of my absolute favorite Sports for Chicks websites! They make NASCAR a fun, fashionable sport full of hotties! And they are offering an exclusive giveaway for their readers–and mine! And just in time for the Daytona 500!

Ever wanted to sit in  NASCAR driver, Tony Stewart’s seat? Well, now you can! The Fashionistas are giving an exclusive opportunity to win one of two limited edition No. 14 Tony Stewart NASCAR® High-Back Leather Bonded Desk Chairs!

Here’s a little more about the contest:

From the Fashionistas: All you have to do is send us a photo of your desk or office decked out in Tony Stewart fan gear. We want to make sure that one of these fab chairs will accentuate your place of business. The two top fan photos will receive a chair! We will run this contest starting today through February 12th. Both winners will be announced prior to the running of the 52nd annual Daytona 500. You can email the photos of your office/desk to info@racingfashionistas.com

Also, don’t forget to follow the Fashionistas on Twitter @RACINGgirls

And a little more about the chair….

The luxurious red and black bonded leather upholstery chair is cushioned for all-day comfort. It features a padded armrest to help alleviate shoulder strain, gearshift styled gas lift knob, a cushioned seat offering exceptional comfort and lumbar support and sleek racing wheel casters with durable base and scuff resistant foot pads. The chair also features an embroidered Tony Stewart signature and is priced at $229.99.

NASCAR not your thing? Check out their sister site Halftime Designs which is full of all sorts of great football fashion for college and NFL teams! Very chic and unique! They even have Super Bowl XLIV Gear for the Colts and Saints already made!

Please let me know if there is something you think should be added to the list. Also, let me know what you are hoping Santa (or the Holiday Armadillo) is bringing you this year! Leave a comment below or send me a tweet @StilettoSportsJ.

Because the post is so long, I sub-categoried all the NASCAR Gift Ideas. So click on any link below and it will jump you to that category/section.

• Ultimate NASCAR Gifts




• NASCAR Books & Calendars




• NASCAR Movies & DVDs




• NASCAR Tailgating




• NASCAR Gifts for Her




• NASCAR Car Gear




• NASCAR Stocking Stuffers

Ultimate NASCAR Gifts

1. Fantasy Driver’Opoly: If you haven’t checked out my other gift guide posts than you might not know about my obsession with custom Monopoly games. I just think they are so unique and make perfect gifts! This one is all about NASCAR! You decide which of the top 22 NASCAR drivers are on Boardwalk, Park Place and every other property square. Enjoy the Monopoly fantasy of buying, selling and trading your favorite NASCAR drivers in a quest to own and control NASCAR.
2. Daytona 500 Tickets: Well, tickets to any race make a great gift but Daytona 500 is the big one and it kicks off the season here in Florida in February.  Even I have heard of this race so you know it’s a big deal!
3. NASCAR ride along Experience real life racing thrills by riding shotgun in a NASCAR stock car driven by one of our professional instructors as you hit speeds exceeding 150 MPH. You’re in for the ride of your life, so hang on tight
4. NASCAR Driver Gear Going to send you over to my other post Top 9 NASCAR Drivers Gear which shows some great NASCAR fashion!

NASCAR Books & Calendars

1. Then Junior Said to Jeff: The Best NASCAR Stories Ever Told coauthors David Poole and Jim McLaurin have compiled the greatest stories of NASCAR racing, wading through nearly 60 years of heroics and hijinks and sharing the most memorable tales from the most memorable figures of the sport.
2. NASCAR: The Complete History See how auto racing all began and developed over the decades.
3. Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul Inspirational and touching tales from the Chicken Soup clan of writers that have been moving us for years! Only this time, its all about NASCAR
4. One Helluva Ride: How NASCAR Swept the Nation Perfect for the fans that still sometimes wonder why on earth they find cars going in circles so mesmerizing.
5. Portraits of NASCAR This intimate look into the private lives of NASCARs most famous drivers will be a great gift for any NASCAR lover.
6. Pit Stop in a Southern Kitchen: Two Moms of Racing Legends Serve Up Stories and Recipes Dale Earhardt, Jr. and Jeff Gordan’s moms head to the kitchen to see what the two of them can cook up! Not only is the book filled with yummy recipes, but it’s also filled with tons of stories and anecdotes about all the racing legends.
7. Stars of 2010 Wall Calendar
8. NASCAR Drivers 2010 Calendar
9. 2010 NASCAR Desktop Calendar 365 days of NASCAR. Is there a better gift for a racing fan?

DVDs

1. The History of NASCAR See NASCAR from the beginning all the way up to the fanatical sport it has become.
2. Daytona 500: 50 Years This collector’s piece showcases the Greatest American Race over the last 50 years. The winners, the losers, the highlights, the crashes…. it’s got it all.
3. ESPN Ultimate NASCAR Collector’s Set
   ESPN Ultimate NASCAR chronicles the fuel-injected climb of America’s #1 spectator sport, featuring scores of never-before-scene images, pulse-pounding behind-the-wheel stories and the passion and perspective only ESPN’s experts can bring. Now all four volumes are available together in this high octane collector’s set.
4. NASCAR: Greatest Dominators & Greatest Finishes Featuring 10 heart-pounding races spanning four decades of racing excitement, this collection is a must-have for enthusiasts of all ages! The greatest moments at the finish line are all captured in one astonishing compilation program.
5. NASCAR: The Ride of Their Lives A moving and adrenaline-filled journey chronicling the memorable personalities and moments of NASCAR with never-before seen first-person accounts from the people who lived it. Oh, and it’s narrated by Academy-Award winning actor and sports movie legend, Kevin Costner.
6. NASCAR – The IMAX Experience This is great for the beginning NASCAR fan to get them hooked in and learning all sorts of trivia!

NASCAR Tailgating

1. NASCAR #88 CHECKERS SHOOTER SET
2. Nascar 32-Ounce Liquor Dispenser From Godinger
3. Nascar 7-Piece Car Shooter Set From Godinger, this chrome NASCAR car is filled with shot glasses!
4. NASCAR Vintage Gas Pump 32 oz liqour dispenser made to look like an old-fashioned gas pump.
5. Nascar Ice Bucket Another Godinger classic. This chrome ice bucket is a great gift for NASCAR wine drinkers!
6. NASCAR Crock Pots: Your favorite NASCAR driver is now available on a crock pot! How fun!
7. NASCAR Steak Branding: Now you can brand your steaks and burgers with your favorite driver number. Guaranteed to piss off all your rivals!
8. NASCAR Driver Grill Covers: Show off your NASCAR driver spirit to all your neighbors!
9. Race Day Grub: Recipes from the NASCAR Family A Full octane book of recipes to kick your party into high gear.
10. Checkered Flag Cooking: An Insider’s Guide to Tailgating at the Races

NASCAR Car Gear

Now, NASCAR fans are definitely known for their fan gear. But what’s even more important than wrapping their bodies up in their favorite driver number is pimping out their rides in NASCAR gear! Here are 5 Must-Haves to NASCARizing a car!

1. NASCAR Floor Mats
2. NASCAR Steering Wheel Covers
3. NASCAR License Plates
4. NASCAR Car Decals
5. NASCAR Roadside Emergency Kit: This is actually really, really, really cool. I kinda want it… and I am so not a NASCAR girl. At all. But this kit comes with 109 roadside essentials!  Fifteen 3/4″ x 3″ adhesive bandages, Twenty 3/8 x 1-1/2″ adhesive bandages, Six 2″ x 2″ gauze dressing, Two 5″ x 9″ gauze dressing ,Two 2″ x 4.1 yd gauze rolls, Fifteen alcohol prep pads, Fifteen antiseptic towelettes One accident report form, Four AAA batteries, One 12 ft./10 ga booster cable, Two 24″ bungee cords, Nine 12″ cable ties, One 1.5″ x 5 yds. duct tape, One 18mm x 10 yds. electrical tape, One 3 horse clamp, One pliers/wire cutters, One phillips screwdriver, One slotted screwdriver, Two 15″ x 12″ shop towels, One 5-in-1 whistle, One all purpose poncho, One 24 hour green brightstick, Two cotton gloves with rubber grip, One 4 function flash/lamp/torch, Two outdoor thermal blankets…… and a partridge in a pear tree.

NASCAR STOCKING STUFFERS

1. NASCAR Wrench Shaped Bottle Opener Very unique and cool! The Bottle opener is shaped like a wrench!
2. NASCAR Christmas Ornaments: They’ll be having you saying “I’m dreaming of NASCAR Christmas”
3. NASCAR Mugs & Glasses: Everything from NASCAR coffee mugs and to-go cups to NASCAR Driver glassware!
4. NASCAR Jewelry & Cufflinks: Rock some #3 cufflinks or some #24 bling around your neck!
5. NASCAR Key Chains: Talking keychains, bottle opening keychains, plain NASCAR key rings….. keys to a NASCAR car not included.

NASCAR Gifts For Her

1. NASCAR/Racing Fashionistas.com is an amazing website filled with all sorts of goodies for racing chicks!
2. NASCAR Harlequin Romances Yes, you read that right. Harlequin romances revolving around NASCAR. Guaranteed to get her engines running… hehe…
3. NASCAR Barbie If Barbie supports NASCAR then so do I because I’m a Barbie girl through and through! Very cute, unique gift for her
4. The Girl’s Guide to Winning a NASCAR Driver: Secrets to Grabbing His Attention and Stealing His Heart It’s written by Liz Allison who is the Queen of NASCAR, especially NASCAR for chicks. She is known for her Girl’s Guide to NASCAR books and this one takes it to a whole new gear!
5. NASCAR Shoes & Stilettos: Forget the old NASCAR image of mullets and atrocious late 80s/early 90s “fashion.” NASCAR has gone high octane with its fashion line and fabulous shoes!

We’ve been giving you the top selling and most coveted jerseys for football, basketball, baseball and hockey. Now it’s time to switch gears (pun semi-intended) and check out the best NASCAR gifts.

Unlike the other sports, NASCAR doesn’t really do team “jerseys.” Instead there is fan gear like:

1. NASCAR hats
2. NASCAR jackets
3. NASCAR hoodies
4. NASCAR Accessories & other gear

NASCAR gear is typically all decked out with drivers’ names, numbers and sponsors.

Before I begin, I want to share two of my favorite gifts for NASCAR lovers:

1. Monopoly Fantasy Drivers I am all about customized Monopoly games and the NASCAR one is really awesome!
2. NASCAR Lover Gift Basket: Stocked full of awesome goodies for racing fans

Here are the Top 10 Fan Favorite/Best Selling NASCAR Drivers. Click on any name to  check out awesome products and gifts featuring each driver

1. Jeff Gordan Jeff takes the #1 spot in fan apparel over Dale but just barely.
   
2. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (has won favorite driver award 7 times since 2000. And this year hasn’t been announced yet….)
3. Jimmie Johnson
4. Tony Stewart
5. Carl Edwards I’m not exactly sure why men love him but I know why women do! He is very, very yummy!
6. Matt Kenseth
7. Kasey Kahne
8. Kurt & Kyle Busch (think of them as The Manning Brothers of NASCAR if you will)

(Did you believe my excitement? Should I try harder?) Vrrrooom Vroooom!
Put the Petal to the Metal for Enhanced Reading Experience!

I do not get this “sport” (go ahead, yell at me for the quotation marks). I am not going to pretend to get it. I do no understand how watching cars go in circles for like 500 laps is even remotely exciting. But I’m going to try to learn. Hey, if Danica Patrick, who is so super pretty, thinks this is fun and cool, well, damnit, so can I.

I was also just informed that Danica does not drive NASCAR, she drives INDY CAR. As does DWTS winner Helio Castranevos. Apparently there is a difference. And a big one. To me, they are all cars going in circles. Although I would never dare say anything like this anywhere in public around here because I’m in Florida. This is NASCAR country. And racing fans are scary.

So anyway, I wanted to learn more about this weird boring strange fascinating sport but there is one really huge problem.

No one has a damn clue why this is fun to watch–they just say that it is. Maybe the fans are just so devoted and so in love that they can’t possibly explain the depth of the emotions? I’ve spent hours looking and the most I could find is “look in a car magazine and pick a driver. Once you do that, you’ll understand.”

Okay…… but why would I want to do that in the first place?

People told me this about baseball and before last September I thought they were all insane because baseball bored me to tears. Now I can not wait for Spring Training. If I can enjoy baseball, I’m sure I can find a way to be enthralled by car racing.

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10. If you can sit through this, you can totally sit through Movies with Car Chase Scenes

Like…. The Italian Job with Mark Wahlberg! Yum!

9. The Super Bowl of NASCAR is at the beginning of the season

The Daytona 500 is considered the Super Bowl of the auto racing world, and it is the kickoff event of the seaons. So, in theory, once it’s done, you have done your part and can tune out the rest of the season! (*sigh* however, the Championship Series actually lasts like 36 races before someone wins the Cup)

There is also SERIOUS star spotting. Stars dig fast cars. This year’s Daytona 500 is boasting all sorts of acts.

8. The Car Crashes = Free Defensive Driving Lesson

Most people put the car crashes a lot higher on their list but I have to say, as thrilling and heart-stopping as they can be, I am not advocating them. Car crashes are far too serious in my world to think of them as spectator sports. But I was told that I can not have  Top Reasons to Watch Auto Racing list without putting crashes on it. So here it is. Boom. Wow.

So instead I am watching the amazing skill it takes not to have a crash and taking notes. If you ever have to drive on I-75 in Florida during old people season, you understand the importance of good defensive driving skills.

7. “Boogity Boogity Boogity, let’s go racing Boys!”

Darrell Waltrip coined the expression when he retired from NASCAR in 2000 and became an announcer. He got bored with starting races saying “green green green.” And “Boogity Boogity Boogity” swept the fans. That’s even better than “Let’s Play Ball” or “Are you Ready for some Football!”

6. “Save the NASCAR Image” is a totally worthy cause!

Track Couture Fan Wear

You should do your part to prove that you don’t have to be a redneck to watch car racing. For years, you were required to rock the mullet with some high-rise too-tight jeans to even be allowed to watch a race. But not anymore! Unfortunately, there are still some that stick to the official fanwear. You can help! Show them the path to new hot fan gear and how to be a fashionable fan!

Track Couture is a fantastic website dedicated to female-friendly fan wear that is super cute! Support your fave driver, NASCAR or Auto Racing in general and still look adorable!

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5. The Hunt for the Perfect Mullet

Until #6 Changes the World, we  get to partake in The Mullet Hunt. And there is no better place for mullet spotting than in Florida Auto Races. Nascar 101: How to Mullet Hunt & Survive was the funniest and best NASCAR blog I read during my research. Talks all about the rules and details of how to really enjoy the sport!

The two best mullets I’ve ever come across was when I was working retail in Florida. The first was a jheri-curled mullet which I haven’t seen since A.C. Slater on Saved by The Bell.  This inspired us to be on Mullet Alert, with a camera always near by. We did try to capture one on film unsuccessfully. It was a “horse-tail” mullet. Meaning….a mullet complete with 80′s rat-tail but the rat tail was so thick it was more like a horse tail! Disturbed aren’t you?

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4. This Guy:

I don’t even care who he is. That is enough reason to convince me I am missing something important in this racing world thing. His name is Carl Edwards and….. wow, everytime I try to write more, I drool on myself and forget my train of thought. Sorry! For more about him, here is some stuff at Yahoo Sports. Because I have no clue if those stats are good or not.  Except his b’day stat! His birthday is August 15, 1979–12 days before mine! Proving once again, August Babies are HOT!

3. You get to try to pick between Jeff Gordan and Dale Earhardt, Jr

Unfortunately, you can’t have both. I’m not exactly sure why. It’s kinda like the Red Sox/Yankees rivarly. You are only allowed to have one favorite. And the fans get really crazy. You either love them or HATE them. With a passion that involves throughing beer cans at the television…..

I really don’t know how to choose. It’s like asking me to pick between Manolo’s & Choos. Or cheese and chocolate. Can’t do it!

2.NASCAR Barbies!

I am totally a Barbie girl at heart so if she supports it, who am I to criticize? But, how come she can support both Jeff and Dale?

And finally, the number one reason:

Super Hot & Really Unique, NASCAR Shoes!

Totally love them! Sold! Consider me a fan of NASCAR!