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.
Entre os entusiastas dos coches deportivos, de Portago era coñecido como o home de dous coches, debido aos moitos freos queimados, embragues, transmisións, e coches esnaquizados pola do que era responsable.