Marquis De Portago the Legend
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (795 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1903088275 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The only source available that can be trusted regarding this "playboy" of the 1950s. For a "playboy", he worked hard. E. R. Kelly This book answers many questions regarding one of the most charismatic and tragic figures from the 1950s international auto racing scene. Much of the biography is based on in-depth interviews of people closest to Portago. Reveals many of the "exaggerated" claims that have been spread since Portago's death, without doing damage to the reality of his life.
He was hospitalized with a broken leg.. He often needed several cars to finish a race. His best result was a second place at the 1956 British Grand Prix (a shared drive with Peter Collins), and scored a total of four championship points. In Nassau, during the winter of 1956, Portago trailed the car ahead of him by centimeters while travelling at 240 km/h. Among sports car enthusiasts, de Portago was known as a two-car man, because of the many burned-out brakes, clutches, transmissions, and wrecked cars for which he was responsible. In 1953 he raced with Luigi Chinetti in the Carrera Panamericana. He later raced alone in a personal Ferrari Sport model at the 1954 1000 km Buenos Aires. de Portago began racing sports cars in 1953 after his meeting with the Ferrari importer in the USA, Luigi Chinetti, who asked him to be his co-driver in th