Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Memorializing Simoncelli, in a way he'd appreciate - Updated



OK, we've got a hashtag #MakeNoiseForMarcoSunday. I guess that's proof, along with thousands of blog hits overnight, that my idea of a round-the-world wave good-bye is resonating.

A blogger in Valencia, ISA (link to her site in comments below) says the time is set for 1030h. So 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning it is. Valencia is almost exactly half-way around the world from the International Date Line, so #MakeNoiseForMarcoSunday will begin in the western Pacific about 12 hours earlier and end in Hawaii about 12 hours later. The big noise in Valencia will be right in the middle of the 24-hour wave. That's perfect.

#MakeNoiseForMarcoSunday = 58 seconds of revving your bike in memory of #58, at 1030h Sunday, November 6. keep checking this blog for details.

Original post follows...

I read that the FIM proposed a minute of silence on the grid at Valencia, as a way of memorializing Marco Simoncelli. Marco's dad Paolo suggested, instead, that all the riders rev up their bikes -- that would be something Marco would have preferred.

So, here's a note from the Dept. of Modest Proposals: Let's all do that.

I propose that we find out from the FIM when, exactly, they plan to rev up the MotoGP bikes for Marco. Then I suggest that at that time on Sunday, in each time zone around the world, motorcyclists stop what they're doing, and rev up their bikes.

The effect of this will be to create a wave of revving motorcycles that will travel around the globe, beginning in the western pacific and circling the globe, back to the International Date Line, over the 24 hours of next Sunday. We'll literally wave good-bye to Marco. We can rev up our bikes for a little under a minute -- say, 58 seconds.

Even a few years ago, organizing a global farewell would have been impossible on such short notice. But in this day and age of Twitter and Facebook, it might just be possible.

I think it would be great if motorcyclists took a short video of the bike-revving, and posted it to YouTube. Then, if they post the YouTube link in the 'Comments' section of this post, I'll embed all the videos on a page devoted to "58 for 58, times 24".

If I pick up RTs and reposts of this entry over the next day or so, I'll post more detailed instructions, and contact the FIM to find out when, exactly, the Valencia moment will happen.

13 comments:

  1. Nice one, i'll post this on our fb and twitter account, so i'm sure there will be a lot of guys in Macedonia revving their bike on Sunday.

    RIP Marco

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  2. thumbs up

    retweeted by Iron Horse Magazine

    @IronHorseMag

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  3. http://www.youtube.com/user/Skyline0chick0eve?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/4UDObGcMmwo

    I organised an event on sunday 30th oct and we did exactly what is being asked, take a look, the link is above :) fab idea though ! #CiaoMarco #SmilingForSic

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  4. It looks like the rev up minute will be at 10:30 Spanish time. So be ready!

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  5. http://youtu.be/sLtmA_aUI28 - 58" for 58" - Simoncelli Tribute (Tributo ao Simoncelli)

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  6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncnABVJgFo8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

    Make Noise for Marco at Chuckwalla with SoCal Trackdays.

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  7. http://youtu.be/0wviLyCV4G4

    Making noise.

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