Horse Racing Action

Before day three began, Lisa Tonello and her three fellow Kalyra Women’s Race Team members were chasing a dream. That dream was the Race Across America Challenge four-woman bicycle team record.

The Curragh trainer has two entries for the Down District Council race over an extended mile and three furlongs at the meeting tomorrow and although declarations aren’t made until later today either Akadyr or Ardistan would fit the bill.

Dundalk makes Irish racing history on Sunday when it stages the first all-weather meeting in the this country.

Veteran jockey Russell Baze is suspended and fined after whipping an injured horse in a race.

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7 a.m.: Formula One, qualifying for Turkish Grand Prix, Speed Channel 8 p.m.: NASCAR, Nextel Cup, Sharpie 500, ESPN 8 p.m.: Rolex Sports Car Series, Armed Forces Grand-Am 250, Speed Channel

AUTO RACING 7 a.m. Formula One Qualifying Turkish Grand Prix. SPEED 8 p.m. NASCAR Nextel Cup Sharpie 500. From Bristol, Tenn. ESPN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7:15 p.m. Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals. SPSO, WCOS-AM 1400

AUTO RACING 7 a.m.—SPEED, Formula One, qualifying for Turkish Grand Prix, at Istanbul, Turkey 8 p.m.—ESPN, NASCAR, Nextel Cup, Sharpie 500, at Bristol, Tenn.

NASCAR NCTS (GATEWAY)- SERIES NOTES

Making up for a late start, Golden Gate Fields is 10 days ahead of schedule in its installation of a new synthetic racing surface.