In 1986 Roadways entered the European Touring Car Championship with Allan Grice sharing the driving with Graeme Bailey and Michel Delcourt.
Although funding was tight, Grice lead a number of races and usually out qualified the Mobil Holden Dealer Team Commodore of Peter Brock and Allan Moffat.
During Round 3 of the ETCC at Hockenheim, Grice had a dice for the lead with the factory backed Volvo 240T turbo's of Johnny Cecotto and Ulf Granberg until a collision with a spinning backmarker ended his race with heavy damage to the front of the car.
During the dice, Grice set a new touring car track record for the 6.823 km (4.24 mi) circuit where they held the German Grand Prix.
After a plan to contest the 1987 World Touring Car Championship with a Nissan Skyline DR30 RS fell through, Roadways and Grice returned to compete in the 1987 Australian Touring Car Championship with backing from Bob Jane T-Marts and Holden Motorsport, originally with a Holden VK Commodore SS Group A that the team had been so successful with in 1986 before upgrading to the VL model Group A Commodore early in the season.