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 eleventh. He made two IPS starts in 2003 and returned full-time in 2004 and finished a career best seventh in points. In the combined Indy Lights series, he had 42 starts with a best finish of third in 2004 at Kansas Speedway and a best CART Indy Lights finish of fourth 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	Ref
1999	Conquest Racing	HMS	LBH	NAZ	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	DET	CHI	LAG	FON 18	24th	0	[4]
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	[5]
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	[6]
2002	Roquin Motorsports	KAN	NSH 11	MIS 6	KTY 7	GAT 6	CHI 10	TXS 14						11th	137	[7]
2003	Bowes Seal Fast Racing	HMS	PHX	INDY 10	PPR	KAN	NSH	MIS	GAT	KTY	CHI	FON		19th	48	[8]
	Roquin Motorsports												TXS 6
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	[9]

References

1. Callahan, Terry. INDY LIGHTS: Rolando Quintanilla to make debut at California, The Auto Channel, October 28, 1999, Retrieved 2021-07-06
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
4. "Rolando Quintanilla – 1999 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
5. "Rolando Quintanilla – 2000 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
6. "Rolando Quintanilla – 2001 Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
7. "Rolando Quintanilla – 2002 Infiniti / Indy Pro Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
8. "Rolando Quintanilla – 2003 Infiniti / Indy Pro Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
9. "Rolando Quintanilla – 2004 Infiniti / Indy Pro Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2025.

External links

• Indy Lights results at ChampCarStats.com