Rolando Quintanilla

Mexican racing driver (born 1977)

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

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### American open–wheel racing results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

#### CART Indy Lights / Infiniti Pro Series

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Year  | Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | Rank  | Points

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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 | MOH
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 | MOH
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
Roquin Motorsports  |  | TXS

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

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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
2. ^ a b 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

## External links

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* Indy Lights results at ChampCarStats.com

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