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
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
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

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
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