🇺🇸 Greg Van Alst

Greg Van Alst is a semi-professional stock car driver competing part-time in NASCAR's national series. His Racer Rating of 3,239 places him in the semi-professional band, a level at which drivers win in pro-am and one-make classes and typically run mid-pack among full professionals. Van Alst has made 24 starts across the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Truck Series since 2023, finishing on average in 31st position with no wins or podiums to date. His results show a clear gap between himself and the established professionals he races against; across shared races with drivers rated between 5,600 and 5,900, he has finished ahead of them only once or twice each, while trailing them in double-digit races.[1]

The strongest moments in Van Alst's record are isolated: he has beaten former champions and rated professionals such as Shane Van Gisbergen, Joey Logano, AJ Allmendinger and Zane Smith once each, but these results stand alone rather than forming a pattern of competitiveness at that level. His most frequent rivals include multiple winners and national-level drivers; against Matt DiBenedetto, a front-running professional at 4,290, Van Alst has finished ahead once in 17 meetings. His head-to-head records against higher-rated competitors such as Sammy Smith (FIA Silver), Sheldon Creed and Justin Allgaier (a one-time champion) show consistent deficits of 14 to 16 races in 15 shared starts.[2]

Van Alst drives for his own team in the Truck Series while running part-time in ARCA for Maples Motorsports. He remained active in 2025 with eight starts in the Xfinity Series, posting a 52nd-place finish as his most recent recorded result. Recent activity indicates he continues racing at Daytona in early 2026, balancing commitments across multiple series as a part-time competitor.