[Carrie]

From the Donington website:

Historic Grand Prix Car Association
The return of Auto Union
plus the 70th anniversary of the first motorcycle race

Auto Unions won the two great Donington Prix Grand Prix races in the circuit's pre-war era, and this weekend, those highly power, legendary "silver arrows" will be back in the parkland circuit providing a moving blast from the past as they take part in on-track demonstrations during the annual Richard Seaman Memorial Trophy Vintage and Historic Race Festival.

And, amid a two days of nostalgic action, the circuit will mark the 70th anniversary of its first motorcycle race - that race, held on Whit Sunday 1931 was won by Squib Burton, riding a 350cc Raleigh, and the winning machine is currently on display in the Donington Grand Prix Collection.

On track, that event will be commemorated by a race on each of Saturday and Sunday for thoroughbred racing machines of the 1950s and 1960s, and among them will be Manx Norton and Matchless G50 bikes.

Race action on Saturday also provides five car events, among them a race for cars entered by members of the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association, the Richard Seaman Historic race (commemorating the only English driver to race for the Mercedes Grand Prix team and who competed against the Auto Unions at the circuit) which features cars from the 1930s, together with an endurance race, over 135 minutes for pre 1965 GT cars and pre 1962 Sports Cars.

Sunday car race action brings more of the Vintage Sports Car Clubs various categories for racing and sports cars of a bygone era onto the circuit, with seven races also including an event for 1950s sports cars.

For many the real action will be provided each afternoon by the Auto Union 16 cylinder C type and 12 cylinder D type Grand Prix cars, evoking memories of the brilliance of the winning drives of 1937 by Bernd Rosemeyer and 1938 by Tazio Nuvolari. Joining these priceless cars on track will be more recent examples of Audi's racing heritage including their Quattro racers from British and German Touring Car Championship action and their Le Mans winning sportscars.