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 The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three nationa ...

, driving the No. 35

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/ Ford Fusion for his own team, Greg Van Alst Motorsports.

Racing career

ARCA Menards Series

Van Alst made his

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debut in 2002, running three races at

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, 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

until

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, 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

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, second at Winchester, and sixth at

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. Van Alst would also make his

ARCA Menards Series East The ARCA Menards Series East (formerly Busch East Series, Busch North Series, Camping World East Series, and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East) is a regional stock car racing series owned and operated by the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) an ...

debut that year at

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, 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

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. He would also make his

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debut that year in a combination race with the main ARCA Menards Series at Phoenix, finishing 36th due to a handling issue. In

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, 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

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, 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,

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announced Van Alst would make his

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debut for the team at

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. After a near spin in qualifying, Van Alst would crash early and finish 38th. He ran the next race at

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, 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

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debut in the race at IRP, driving the No. 20 truck for

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. 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

season. At Talladega, Van Alst suffered a fractured vertebrae from a multi-truck accident.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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

Xfinity Series

Craftsman Truck Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series

(

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

ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series West

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Alst, Greg 1981 births Living people ARCA Menards Series drivers NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from Indiana Sportspeople from Anderson, Indiana