In the quarterfinals Musquin again showed his speed, getting the best of Nick Wey to remain undefeated. The battle of the round came from Canard and Vince Friese‰Ûªs first run, which saw Friese come from behind in the last section and launch into the face of the finish line to nearly beat Canard. Canard would go on to win the round and move into the finals along with Dungey and Hansen.
The semi kicked off with an absolutely epic battle between Josh Hansen and Ryan Dungey. Hansen jumped out to an early lead and held it through the first portion of the track, sending the crowd to their feet. Dungey kept his cool and fought back through the whoops section, passing Hanny and putting a few bike lengths between them and it all came down to the final section. The no. 100 wasn‰Ûªt taking no for an answer; he left the throttle open off the last double launching himself past Dungey for the win by just two hundredths of a second.
Dungey would go on to win the next two runs and advance to the final, but not without a fight from Hansen. Musquin continued his undefeated streak through the semi finals besting teammate Trey Canard. Hansen and Canard would later meet to battle for third place, with Canard taking the first run. But Hansen was not to be denied, sending it for back-to-back wins in to bring home an upset third place.
Musquin came into the final looking to stay undefeated and he did just that. As the gate dropped on the first run, Marvin launched off the start and went on to take the win with a time of 40.2, besting his qualifying run by a fair margin. While Dungey did everything in his power to bring home the victory, the Frenchman proved unbeatable on this night, taking a commanding victory in the second run and sealing the deal for the 2016 Red Bull Straight Rhythm crown.
There are moments in racing that will go down in history, and the quarterfinals at Red Bull Straight Rhythm will be one of those moments. Josh Hill took to the gate aboard an Alta Motors Redshift MX, marking the first time in history that an electric motorcycle lined up at a professional motorcycle race.
