Greg Van Alst
American racing driver

Greg Van Alst

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Gregory Michael Van Alst (born July 1, 1981) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 35 Chevrolet SS/Ford Fusion for his own team, Greg Van Alst Motorsports, part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports, and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 44 and 45 Chevrolet Camaros for Alpha Prime Racing.

Racing career

ARCA Menards Series

Van Alst made his ARCA Re/Max Series debut in 2002, running three races at Kentucky, Chicagoland, and Salem driving the No. 01 Chevrolet for Robert Locke. He managed his best finish at Chicagoland, coming home in 15th.

Van Alst would not return to the now ARCA Menards Series until 2021, where he would drive for his own team in the No. 35. Van Alst ran eight races and collected three top ten finishes. He finished seventh at Kansas, second at Winchester, and sixth at Michigan. Van Alst would also make his ARCA Menards Series East debut that year at Bristol, finishing 15th.

In 2022, Van Alst would run full-time in the ARCA Series for the first time, finishing fifth in the final points standings and scoring eleven top-tens with a best finish of fifth at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He would also make his ARCA Menards Series West debut that year in a combination race with the main ARCA Menards Series at Phoenix, finishing 36th due to a handling issue.

In 2023, Van Alst scored his first career win at Daytona after making a pass on Jason White on the final lap of the race. He would then go on to finish tenth in two of the next three races. After finishing 22nd at Charlotte due to a crash with Connor Mosack, Van Alst, who had initially elected to run full-time for that year, decided to cut back his ARCA schedule and run select races for the remainder of the season.

NASCAR Xfinity Series

On April 22, 2023, Alpha Prime Racing announced Van Alst would make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut for the team at Atlanta Motor Speedway. After a near spin in qualifying, Van Alst would crash early and finish 38th. He ran the next race at New Hampshire, where he would finish 38th and last once again due to brake issues.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

On August 6, 2023, Van Alst announced that he would make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in the race at IRP, driving the No. 20 truck for Young's Motorsports. A few days later, on August 9, it was announced that Van Alst would be driving the No. 20 truck for the rest of the 2023 season. At Talladega, Van Alst suffered a fractured vertebrae from a multi-truck accident.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2023 Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL
104st 0
45 NHA
POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCTC Pts Ref
2023 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH MOH POC RCH IRP
MLW
KAN
BRI
TAL
HOM PHO 55th 23

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ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 AMSC Pts Ref
2002 Robert Locke 01 Chevy DAY ATL NSH SLM KEN CLT KAN POC MCH TOL
SBO KEN
BLN POC NSH ISF WIN
DSF CHI
SLM
TAL CLT 91st 305
2021 Greg Van Alst Motorsports 35 Chevy DAY
PHO TAL
KAN
TOL CLT
MOH POC
ELK BLN IOW 16th 242
Ford WIN
GLN MCH
ISF MLW DSF BRI
SLM KAN
2022 Chevy DAY
TAL
5th 841
Ford PHO
KAN
CLT
IOW
BLN
ELK
MOH
POC
IRP
MCH
GLN
ISF
MLW
DSF
KAN
BRI
SLM
TOL
2023 Chevy DAY
TAL
17th 275
Ford PHO
KAN
CLT
BLN ELK MOH IOW POC MCH IRP
GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI
SLM TOL

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSEC Pts Ref
2021 Greg Van Alst Motorsports 35 Ford NSM FIF NSV DOV SNM IOW MLW BRI
47th 29
2022 NSM FIF DOV NSV IOW
MLW
BRI
13th 101
2023 FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW IRP
MLW BRI
23rd 76

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AMSWC Pts Ref
2022 Greg Van Alst Motorsports 35 Ford PHO
IRW KCR PIR SON IRW EVG PIR AAS LVS PHO 70th 8
2023 PHO
IRW KCR PIR SON IRW SHA EVG AAS LVS MAD PHO 47th 34