Moved to here: Lazier gear change problem

[KnockOff]

How or why would a gear be just right in practice and qualifying, but be wrong during the race?

Buddy's website says he had the wrong gear and lost position on the restarts, but also says his speed and handling during practice and qualifying was excellent.

I'm confused here.

[Indy-hp]

After the final practice, the team took the opportunity to make a series of final adjustments to the set-up of the cars. In the course of final preparations and tweaking, a change in gearing was made.

http://www.byrdbrothersracing.com/

Apparently made a mistake in deciding to change the gearing between final practice and the race.

[KnockOff]

thanks, I missed that in the article