Karter Delton White reacted to his disqualification from Sunday's Front Street Grand Prix by declaring "I'm no cheat.'' White was racing in the Shifter A Class and crossed the line ahead of John Carreiro Jnr, but he failed a post-race inspection and his rival was handed the win.

John Morley, race director at the Grand Prix, told the Royal Gazette on Monday there had been a problem with White's engine.

"After the race we always check the go-karts,'' he said. "They have to weigh in on the scales and make sure they go through a tech inspection and he failed the tech inspection afterwards.'' White has taken issue with the way the procedure was carried out and also with the reason behind his exclusion.

Explaining what happened after the race, White said: "I wasn't allowed to go onto the scales, which is contrary to procedure because procedure is that all karts come off the track and go onto the scales to make sure they make the weight limit.

"I wasn't allowed to do that. I was stopped before the scales, told to leave the kart there for some sort of inspection. I was the only kart that had that done for the whole entire day.'' White said it took a member of his pitcrew to come and tell him there was a problem and that he had been disqualified.

"Noone else came to me from the committee. No officials came to me to inform me of my disqualification and I still have not been informed of my disqualification by any officials,'' he said.

White insisted there was nothing wrong with his kart.

"There was absolutely nothing wrong with the engine. There is an airbox that attaches to the engine and the sole purpose is to limit the decibels that the go-kart engine makes. That's the only purpose it was implemented for,'' he said.

"It has nothing to do with the performance of the engine. It was solely implemented to bring the noise of the karts down because there had been some complaints that they were too loud.

White went on: "At the beginning of the season the Bermuda Karting Club said that for the 125cc class they would be running by Shifter Kart USA rules (SKUSA). Those rules have no problem with what I did with the airbox because according to SKUSA it is a non-tech item.

"All the other racers have them on and I still had mine on. I just removed the intake tubes for the airbox because the engine was starving for air.

"It doesn't improve performance in the least bit.'' White said he was anxious to let the public know he had not resorted to underhand methods to win the race.

"I just want to let the general public know there was no cheating involved in any sort of way,'' he said.

"At this point it's not that big of a deal. I just don't want anyone to be looking at me or thinking that Delton went down Front Street with this big engine or this oversized engine with the intent of winning the race. I just want my reputation renewed.'' White said he had spoken to Karting Club President, Delano Telford, in the hope of reaching a satisfactory resolution.

"The President was very attentive and he lent his ear to me,'' he said. "He said I can write a letter to the club to get it reviewed. He is not saying his decision stands and he is not saying that it doesn't stand but in order for it to get changed he would need for me to write a letter to the club.

"I just want the club to know that I don't have a grudge against anyone but I just wish they would follow procedure for everyone.''