The guy co wrote the movie, and had two tributes that most people wouldn't notice, and probably some I missed.
First the dad's Chevelle is a tribute to Smokey Yunick, it's Smokey's black and gold, and number 13... Smokey put that number on most or all of his cars. Second, the car Will drives in the beginning of the movie is a "strawberry douche Chevy Monte Carlo" tribute to "Larry the Cable Guy" from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie