In 1994, Volvo contracted George Shepherd's Roadsafe Motorsport to manage a Group E production car programme.
[2] The team first appeared at that year's Bathurst 12 Hour, running a Volvo 850 T-5R in Class T and an 850 GLT in Class B. Tony Scott would continue driving the 850 GLT, claiming third in the 1994 Australian Production Car Championship.
The T-5R re-appeared at the 1994 Sandown 500 with Kent Youlden driving alongside Dutch Formula 1 driver Jan Lammers winning its class and finishing fourth amongst the production cars.
[3] In 1995, the team benched the production cars as the 12 Hour race left Bathurst to move to an end of season race at Eastern Creek Raceway, with the team entering the Australian Super Touring Championship, acquiring a Volvo 850 Estate that had been campaigned in the 1994 British Touring Car Championship from Tom Walkinshaw Racing.
Jim Richards would drive the car to win the 1996 Bathurst 1000 support event,[2][4][5] before replacing Brock full-time in 1997.