Northwest Control-Line Racing
This page is for information about Northwest control-line model Racing and links to Racing-oriented websites.
Your contributions of articles, photos and links for the Flying Lines web site are welcome. Contact the editor.
Articles
New! Read NCLRA November 2024 Torque Roll newsletter
New! Racing at the 2024 Fall Follies See article
New! Read NCLRA September 2024
Torque
Roll newsletter — Nats and World
Championships edition
New! Racing at the 2024 Northwest Control-Line Regionals See article
New! Racing at the 2024 Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up See article
New! Read NCLRA April 2024 Torque Roll newsletter
Read NCLRA February 2024 Torque Roll newsletter
Read NCLRA December 23 Torque Roll newsletter
2023 Portland After-Thanksgiving Race results and photos See article >>
Read NCLRA October 2023 Torque Roll newsletter
2023 Fall Follies
Racing report and photos See article
Read NCLRA August 2023 Torque Roll newsletter
Read NCLRA June 2023 Torque Roll newsletter
Racing at the 2023 Northwest Control-Line Regionals See article
Racing at the 2023 Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up See article
Read
NCLRA January 2023 Torque Roll
newsletter
The Sport Goodyear challenge See article >>
2022 After-Thanksgiving Race results and photos See article
2022 Fall Follies Racing results See article
Paul and Mike's excellent 2022 Nats adventure See article
Read NCLRA August 2022 Torque Roll newsletter
Read NCLRA June 2022 Torque Roll newsletter
2022 Northwest Regionals Racing report and photos See article
Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up returns after pandemic See article
Read NCLRA April 2022 Torque Roll newsletter
An Artesian for Northwest Sport Race See article
Read NCLRA February 2022 Torque Roll newsletter
Read NCLRA December 2021 Torque Roll newsletter
Portland's A Day at the Races 2021 action at Delta Park See article
Read NCLRA October 2021 Torque Roll newsletter
Racers heat up Salem circle at 2021 Fall Follies See article
Read NCLRA August 2021 Torque Roll newsletter
Read NCLRA May 2021 Torque Roll newsletter
A plane for the International Team Race postal contest See article
Read NCLRA April 2021 Torque Roll newsletter
Read
NCLRA February 2021 Torque
Roll newsletter
<< Northwest racer Tom Knoppi dies See obituary
Read NCLRA December 2020 Torque Roll newsletter
Read NCLRA October 2020 Torque Roll
newsletter
Read Zoot Zoomer's August 2020 column: The Artesian for Northwest Sport Race >>
Read NCLRA August 2020 Torque Roll newsletter
Read NCLRA June 2020 Torque Roll newsletter
Read NCLRA April 2020 Torque Roll newsletter
Read NCLRA February 2020 Torque Roll newsletter
Read NCLRA Torque Roll newsletter 147
Hot laps on a cold day: 2019 Portland Sport/Clown racing contest See article
2019 Fall Follies racing report See article
Read NCLRA Torque Roll newsletter 145
First-ever A Day at the Races contest report See article
Salem Summer Tune-Up Racing results and photos See article
Read NCLRA Torque Roll newsletter No. 144
2019 Northwest Regionals report and photos See article
2019 Racing season opens with a damp Jim Walker Memorial See article
Read NCLRA Torque Roll newsletter No. 143
Approved! Rule change requires 60-foot lines in Fast Clown Race See article in Northwest Rules section
Approved! Four engines added to the Northwest Sport Race list See article in Northwest Rules section
Read NCLRA Torque Roll newsletter No. 142
Portland Northwest Sport Race contest report See article
Racing at the 2018 Fall Follies See article
2018 Northwest Regionals report and photos See article
Racing at the 2018 Jim Walker Memorial See article
The ASP .25 for Northwest Sport Race See article
Approved! Two rules changes take effect in 2018 for Northwest Sport Race: ASP .25 added to the engine list and shutoffs legalized See article
<< Strong turnout for 2017 Portland Northwest Sport Race
contest See article
A primer for beginners in the Northwest: see Racing made easy, in the Fast Laps column
Weather clears for 2016 Delta Park Northwest Sport Race See article
2014 Northwest Speed & Racing results See article
Rules change allows O.S. LA .25 engine in Northwest Sport Race See article in Northwest Rules section
Racing returns to Northwest fall scene at Salem Speed and Racing contest See article
Ken finishes his Geezer Clown! See article
Geezer Clown Race: Give it a try! See How To article
The 345-lap record-setting Flying Clown
racer See article >>
<< The new Phantom Racing concept See article
Major changes in AMA racing rules See Round & Round January column
Muffling the Fox .35 for Northwest Sport Race By Paul Gibeault
Building a Flying Clown Racer Tank By Todd Ryan
Regular columns
Fast Laps, by John Thompson
Links
For information on control-line racing in the United States, see the special interest group National Control Line Racing Association web site. NCLRA is the racing special interest group recognized by the Academy of Model Aeronautics. The website includes digital issues of the excellent newsletter Torque Roll.
Your District XI representative on the Academy of Model Aeronautics Racing Contest Board is John Thompson.
For discussion of national racing matters, see the Delphi Racing Forum.
B-Team racers are the glamour girls of control-line racing -- vintage airplanes dressed up in fancy paint as well as tuned for going fast. Here are several views of some contemporary B-Team racers. Dave Shrum photos.
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