Catchfence

Brad Keselowski does a bi-weekly diary for SI.com. Heading to his home track this weekend, he takes stock of his season halfway through while tossing in his two cents on a long list of Pocono feuds. Also in this latest edition: the future of his new development driver, what you learn from testing on a non-Cup Series track, and why his favorite summer vacation spot is … Michigan?

Go through your day at Pocono with us. Twenty-first place is almost exactly in the middle of the 43-car field, and it seemed like you were a mid-pack runner throughout.

The first part of the race, we moved backwards pretty quickly. We qualified 11th, a pretty good effort considering it was my first race at Pocono. But in the first run, we fell back, although it looked like we were about a 15th-to-20th-place car. Where we were running, we might have been able to pick up a few spots, and have a borderline top-10 car. - Full Story by Tom Bowles