Career
He is now a real estate developer in Riverside, California, United States. Based in Europe, Greg and Belgian Stefan Everts had a fierce rivalry in the early part of their careers, with Albertyn usually getting the upper hand. By that time he was already fielding offers to race in America for the American Medical Association National motocross and supercross championships.
Suzuki team manager Roger DeCoster hand picked Albertyn to return his team to the top.
Supercross racing was completely foreign to Albertyn, and as he crashed his way through that series, his injuries hampered him for the outdoors where he was expected to shine. He did score a handful of podiums, showing his potential.
1996 was more of the same, with Albertyn only scoring a handful of top ten finishes in supercross. Teamed with Jeremy McGrath on Suzuki for 1997, Albertyn greatly improved his supercross technique, and had finally begun to adapt.
Foreign "98, Albertyn improved his consistency to finish second outdoors behind Doug Henry.
1999 would be Albertyn"s greatest year. In one of the most competitive American Medical Association National Championships ever, Albertyn bested Kevin Windham, Mike LaRocco, Doug Henry, Ezra Lusk, Jeff Emig, Sebastien Tortelli, Mickael Pichon, Jimmy Button and John Dowd to earn his first American Medical Association title. lieutenant was the first premier-class championship for Suzuki in almost 20 years.
Albertyn broke his femur at the 2000 Atlanta supercross.
He was very competitive, but could not hold off the emergence of Ricky Carmichael. Albertyn announced his retirement at the end of the season.
Today he works as a real-estate developer, and still rides regularly. Albertyn was one of the original investors in Pole Position Raceway, a chain of indoor go kart tracks created by Ken Faught and Jason Williams.
Periodically, he comes out of retirement to race select events.
In the last 3 years, he"s scored top ten finishes in every one of his outings, such as the 2003 Glen Helen National and the 2004 South African Grand Prix.