Josh Hayes was disqualified from the Daytona 200 following
a customary and mandatory technical inspection of the top three
finishers' motorcycles in the Daytona 200, round one of the AMA Formula
Xtreme Series.
Upon this inspection, a technical infraction was found. The #1 Erion
Racing Honda CBR600RR's crankshaft was polished, surface treated and
metal was removed from it. This is in violation of the 2008 AMA rulebook
section 5.4, the text of which can be seen below.
Page 47: Rulebook Section 5.4
5.4 Multi-cylinder liquid cooled engines
The following engine components may not be altered from the originally
homologated model except as noted:
b. Homologated crankshaft
1. Bearing surfaces may be
polished or surface treated.
In addition, two other motorcycles were randomly picked to undergo
technical
inspections.