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Paul Menard and Frank Kimmel visit new Menards
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Two of the top race car drivers in their respective divisions were in the Quad-Cities Tuesday night sporting their racing colors for their sponsor and fans. NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Paul Menard and ARCA series driver Frank Kimmel visited the new Menards store in Moline as part of a week full of celebrity appearances for the grand opening of the hardware store. Both drivers sport Menards as their primary sponsors in their respective series. Menard is the driver of the No. 27 Chevrolet in NASCAR's highest level of competition. The car is owned by legendary car owner Richard Childress. Menard was the winner of the 2011 Brickyard 400 at the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway. That being his only career win in the Cup series and one of the biggest races you can take the checkered in. Menard's father, John Menard Jr., is the founder of the Menards franchise that first opened its doors in 1972. "With this being close to my home state of Wisconsin, I figured it would be nice to go out and sign some autographs for the fans, which is something I really enjoy doing," said Menard, who will race under the lights at Richmond on Saturday. "My father owning the company certainly influences me to give back as much as possible since he got me started in racing." Kimmel is one of the best to ever race in the ARCA series. He has won a record nine ARCA championships -- eight of them consecutively. His first title was in 1998, and the eight consecutive from 2000-2007. He finished a close second in the season standings in 2008. "We just like to come out to these grand openings for Menards to give back and to thank the company for sponsoring us," said Kimmel. "We do about 20-25 of these events a year for Menards whether it's a grand opening or just a visit. It's nice to interact with the fans and talk to them for a little bit." 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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