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

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. After a youth in

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and amateur racing in

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Formula Continental and

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2000, Quintanilla made his

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debut in 1999 for

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. He competed full-time in 2000 for the same team and finished 16th in points. He switched teams to his ownEsper, Darin
Quintanilla, 20, Finds Own Way to Make Racing Career Work
''Los Angeles Times'', January 21, 2001, Retrieved 2021-07-06 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

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(now called Indy Lights) in 2002Craighead, Allan
ROQUIN MOTORSPORTS TO RACE IN INFINITI PRO SERIES
''Roquin Motorsports PR/The Auto Channel'', February 14, 2002, Retrieved 2021-07-06 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

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and a best CART Indy Lights finish of 4th in 2001 at

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. 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

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External links

Indy Lights results at ChampCarStats.com
1977 births Mexican racing drivers Indy Lights drivers Living people {{Mexico-autoracing-bio-stub Conquest Racing drivers Sportspeople from Nuevo Laredo