powdercoating theory

I don't know the history on it but I know for shore that drag racer's can thank Don Garlits for anodizing and powder coating,because there was a time when he would not paint any of his cars,he would build them and wipe them down with oil,and when asked why he would tell you that paint would add 250 lb. to his cars and wt,takes Hp,to move he said he lernt that on his first rail that he welded up said he got in a big hurry and didn't have time to paint it and test it so he picked testing over paint then went racing for half the seson(that's the car he broke a lot of records in) and had a two week widow before the next race and it was in fla.so he took it apart and painted it (with those cars you could take completly apart in an hour by your self and back in two or three)the car lost three and a half tenths.and it took years for racers to figure that out.if you go to his museum unless he has redun them you can come up thru the yrs,of his cars and see it,..just that I would share that with you all,,if you didn't already know it??......Artie