Northwest Control-Line Racing

This page is for information about Northwest control-line model Racing and links to Racing-oriented websites.

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Articles

Voting is open! Two Northwest Racing rules proposals for 2025:
Housekeeping update to NW Super Sport Race See article
Proposal to allow shutoffs in Clown Race See article

New! Racing at the 2025 Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up See article

New! Read NCLRA April 2025 Torque Roll newsletter

New! The Northwest's Racing lawyer See article

New! Read NCLRA February 2025 Torque Roll newsletter

New! 2024 After-Thanksgiving Race results See article

Read NCLRA November 2024 Torque Roll newsletter

Racing at the 2024 Fall Follies See article

Read NCLRA September 2024 Torque Roll newsletter — Nats and World Championships edition

Racing at the 2024 Northwest Control-Line Regionals See article

Racing at the 2024 Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up See article

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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This page was updated May 2, 2025