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"Monaco was a huge win for both PSL and I," he said afterward. "It was a great opportunity for us to show our strength and speed when the track time was so limited, and winning on a street course is always special as it’s difficult enough just to survive! I’m very thankful for having such a fast machine because it allowed me to just focus on my driving. Overall though, this was probably one of my biggest wins ever. I can’t wait to go back next year. It would be great for karting to have more races with that many fans. It really makes you question if there is any racing better than karting. Everyone that did well at Monaco was living the dream in karting!"

Though he’s raced karts for years and been on street courses before, this year marked Herder’s first run in Trois-Rivières and it, along with a battle for the win with Darren White, won’t be something soon forgotten. "The course was amazing," he said in looking back. "It had a few really fast sections that forced you to drive at the absolute limit while flirting with the race-ending barriers. This left little room for any mistake. Running side-by-side with Darren for half of the last lap to battle for the win was a really cool feeling too. I'm really lucky that I got to battle with Darren as he is very calm and smart, and I was confident in his abilities to run wheel-to-wheel with no run-off space."

"Additionally, I'd like to thank the entire PSL team, Karts & Parts, my mechanic Andrew Campbell, my family and my wife Kristina," Herder concluded. "Without them, this championship win would not have been possible. It’s been really rewarding to be back in the driver's seat this year."

Thankful is a sentiment two other PSL drivers were surely feeling after the main events along the waterfront, as both Alexandre Fortin and Jesse Lazare recovered from bouts with the barriers prior to winning their respective finals. Fortin clipped one on lap three of the Mini-Max prefinal, endured the remaining laps on a bent axle to place P12, then charged forward in the main event. He was already sixth after the first green flag lap, and after passing one kart per lap over the next four was in second with the race just five laps old. He then began closing on the leader, set the fastest lap in the field on ten, took over top spot on eleven, and took the checker after twelve! 

Lazare’s win was even more fascinating, as after trouble in the prefinal he started from dead last of thirty karts in the final. He was five spots better after the first lap when the carnage began in Rotax Junior. Surviving a pair of melees on lap two he advanced to thirteenth, and through three was into the top ten! A few passes and retirements later he was fourth, and looked to have completed the charge, but progress kept coming: first the kart in front suffered a mechanical to allow Lazare on the podium, then the kart in second clipped the barriers to move him up a step, and following post race technical inspection, Lazare had gone one hundred per cent back-to-front!

Gangi Jr. and Carlton scored their class wins after controlling things from start to finish, and all told PSL/CRG helped put twelve drivers on the podium, with the aforementioned seven of the top ten in Rotax Senior. They will look to do the same this coming weekend as the PSL squads re-assemble at Le Circuit Karting Mont-Tremblant. Saturday marks race five of the Coupe de Montreal, while Sunday will see the sixth and final round of the Eastern Canadian Karting Championship. The track is also set to host the 2010 ASN Canada FIA National Championships later in the month, and the weekend will serve as a brilliant testing opportunity.

1. Anthony Gangi Jr. - fastest lap

5. Olivier Goupil

6. Nathan Sevigny

1. Alexandre Fortin - fastest lap

3. Gavin Reichelt

1. Jesse Lazare

19. Simon Lauze

20. Marc-Antoine Cardin

24. Nicholas Latifi

2. Pier-Luc Ouellette

3. Hugo Ouellette

4. Jesus Rios Jr.

5. Pearce Herder - PSL Ontario

6. Olivier Sirois

7. Gerald Caseley - PSL Atlantic

9. Kevin King

24. Reid Arnold

32. Massimo Scotti

33. Kenneth O’Keefe - PSL Ontario

38. Nathan Kelly - PSL Atlantic

2. Dany St-Hilaire

9. Peter Courteau - PSL Ontario

17. Michel Legrand

1. Kyle Herder

4. Rich Hibbs

3. Paul Carvalho - PSL Ontario

1. Gary Carlton

4. Fritz Leesmann - fastest lap

7. Dominic Legrand

12.Tyler Hopkins

18. Etienne Lasalle

2. Gerald Caseley - PSL Atlantic

29. Alexandre Gauthier

31. Nicolas Michaud

33. Andrew Massey - PSL Ontario

34. Johnny Flute - PSL Ontario

3. Sean McPhee - PSL Ontario

4. Alex Van Snick - PSL Atlantic

5. Tyler Kashak - PSL Ontario

9. Sarah McKay - PSL Atlantic

12. Sean Kennedy - PSL Ontario