Rolando Quintanilla

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

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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

YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints
1999 Conquest Racing HMS LBH NAZ MIL POR CLE TOR MIS DET CHI LAG FON
18		24th0
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		16th16
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		10th62
2002 Roquin Motorsports KAN NSH
11		 MIS
6		 KTY
7		 GAT
6		 CHI
10		 TXS
14		11th137
2003 Bowes Seal Fast Racing HMS PHX INDY
10		 PPR KAN NSH MIS GAT KTY CHI FON 19th48
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		7th264

References

  1. ↑ Callahan, Terry. INDY LIGHTS: Rolando Quintanilla to make debut at California, The Auto Channel, October 28, 1999, Retrieved 2021-07-06
  2. 1 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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