Tony Stewart once said kissing the bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was like kissing the hot girl in high school, the one that would never go out with him.

After his first and only pole run at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, sin city native Kurt Busch turned to mush with tears streaming down his face. It was the same emotion the driver displayed when his younger brother Kyle Busch won his first Las Vegas Cup race last season.

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When you don't have the history behind the place, it's very hard to say, 'Oh my god, this place is magical.'

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-- JUAN MONTOYA

And proving his love for Richmond International Raceway, Denny Hamlin invited 30 or more of his closest friends and family to sit with him in the stands for a Nationwide Series event last season.

The point is -- NASCAR drivers are intrinsically and emotionally tied to their home tracks.

It's where some of their first racing memories are created as young boys, and finding success in their own backyard -- as men -- has a way of producing instant validation.

For the next two weeks, Charlotte Motor Speedway will serve as the drivers' home-away-from-home track as nearly all of the race team's are headquartered just minutes from the speedway. Many of the top drivers have primary homes in the area as a result.

But for Narain Karthikeyan, a former Formula One driver now competing in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series, the Indian native doesn't have a home track per se.

To be more specific, he doesn't have a home at all.

While racing in Europe, Oxford, England, was Karthikeyan's home but today it's usually a Hilton or a Marriot property.

"My wife, Pavi, is looking for an apartment in Charlotte near the South Park area," said Karthikeyan, born in Tamil Nadu, but looking to make the United States his home. (Continued)