Rolando Quintanilla

Rolando Quintanilla (born September 17, 1977) is a Mexican former racing driver from Nuevo Laredo.

After a youth in motocross and amateur racing in SCCA Formula Continental and Formula Ford 2000, Quintanilla made his Indy Lights debut in 1999 for Conquest Racing.^[1] He competed full-time in 2000 for the same team and finished 16th in points. He switched teams to his own^[2] Roquin Motorsports/Escudería Telmex in 2001 and moved up to 10th in points in the series' final year of operation. He took Roquin to the Infiniti Pro Series (now called Indy Lights) in 2002^[3] and finished 11th. He made 2 IPS starts in 2003 and returned full-time in 2004 and finished a career best 7th in points. In the combined Indy Lights series, he had 42 starts with a best finish of 3rd in 2004 at Kansas Speedway and a best CART Indy Lights finish of 4th in 2001 at Texas Motor Speedway. During his career, Quintanilla also tested for numerous teams in the CART and Indycar series logging miles for chassis and tire development.

Quintanilla resided in Calabasas, California and attended Pepperdine University.^[2]

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

CART Indy Lights / Infiniti Pro Series

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1999	Conquest Racing	HMS	LBH	NAZ	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	DET	CHI	LAG	FON 18	24th	0
2000	Conquest Racing	LBH 14	MIL Wth	DET 16	POR 16	MIS 8	CHI 17	MDO 12	VAN 13	LAG 17	GAT 10	HOU 8	FON 11	16th	16
2001	Roquin Motorsports	MTY 10	LBH 11	TXS 5	MIL 8	POR 5	KAN 8	TOR 8	MDO 9	GAT 8	ATL 9	LAG 8	FON 9	10th	62
2002	Roquin Motorsports	KAN	NSH 11	MIS 6	KTY 7	GAT 6	CHI 10	TXS 14						11th	137
2003	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	HMS	PHX	INDY 10	PPR	KAN	NSH	MIS	GAT	KTY	CHI	FON		19th	48
2003	Roquin Motorsports												TXS 6	19th	48
2004	Roquin Motorsports	HMS 6	PHX 6	INDY 14	KAN 4	NSH 9	MIL	MIS 11	KTY 7	PPR 11	CHI 10	FON 5	TXS 8	7th	264

References

^ Callahan, Terry. INDY LIGHTS: Rolando Quintanilla to make debut at California, The Auto Channel, October 28, 1999, Retrieved 2021-07-06
^ ^a ^b Esper, Darin. Quintanilla, 20, Finds Own Way to Make Racing Career Work Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2001, Retrieved 2021-07-06
^ Craighead, Allan. ROQUIN MOTORSPORTS TO RACE IN INFINITI PRO SERIES, Roquin Motorsports PR/The Auto Channel, February 14, 2002, Retrieved 2021-07-06

External links

Indy Lights results at ChampCarStats.com

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[1] Callahan, Terry. INDY LIGHTS: Rolando Quintanilla to make debut at California, The Auto Channel, October 28, 1999, Retrieved 2021-07-06

[LAT-2] Esper, Darin. Quintanilla, 20, Finds Own Way to Make Racing Career Work Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2001, Retrieved 2021-07-06

[3] Craighead, Allan. ROQUIN MOTORSPORTS TO RACE IN INFINITI PRO SERIES, Roquin Motorsports PR/The Auto Channel, February 14, 2002, Retrieved 2021-07-06

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