What we need is a tango.(NASCAR)(National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing )

Every sport needs great rivalries. Where would baseball be without the Yankees and Red Sox or the Cardinals and Cubs? Or the NHL without Detroit-Colorado or Boston-Montreal? Although it's not the matchup it once was, the NFL still has the Cowboys and Redskins. And with Shaquille O'Neal moving to Miami, we could witness a little hoops revenge against the Lakers and former teammate Kobe Bryant.

But where are the hard-core rivalries in NASCAR?

Several years ago, the Charlotte Observer ran a great caricature of Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace dueling. Wallace was dressed in white, Earnhardt in black. The colors took us to the most basic of all rivalries: ...