Josh Hayes DQed From Daytona 200 
3/8/2008
After experiencing the highest high following his victory in the 2008 Daytona 200, it was announced that Erion Racing Honda's Josh Hayes has been disqualified and subsequently stripped of his first and only Daytona 200 title. In what now has turned into probably the single most disappointing moment in his racing career, the defending Formula Xtreme champion will need to refocus himself and bear down for the remainder of the season. Here is the official word from AMA Pro Racing regarding the incident.
Josh Hayes was disqualified from today's 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 Extreme 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.