wife Dawn, has become assistant general manager of facilities at Badlands instead. Howey will handle track preparation and Dawn will also be an employee. He was rookie of the year at Huset's Speedway in 1995. According to long-term owner Steve Rubin, "All of the senators have been here, the governors, many dignitaries" have attended races or other events. The raceway hosted big concerts in the 1970s and 1980s. Per Rubin, "When we had the Beach Boys here in 1982, we had over 14,000 people then. Willie [Nelson] drew 12,000 and there were over 10,000 for Ricky Nelson". The youngest winner in the track's 60+ year history is Jayden Larson, who won a B-Modified feature race in September 2015, as a 12-year-old. He had obtained clearance from the United States Racing Association to race without having a driver's license. Closure (2017–2020) Badlands Motor Speedway was shut down as of May 18, 2017 and on June 11, 2018, Minnehaha County Planning and Zoning informed Brennan that the conditional-use permit that allowed the racetrack to operate over the years had expired, which would have hindered the ability to sell the track to a new owner. The zoning issue was resolved, but by late 2018, the owner of Badlands Speedway announced plans to demolish the racetrack if a sale agreement was not reached by the end of the year. Those plans were put on hold to give the previous owner, Steve Rubin, time to try and secure the needed financing to reacquire the racetrack. In the meantime, Lyle and Dawn Howey reopened I-90 Speedway in 2019 under new management. In 2020, Brennan announced that he wanted to host a two day show "if permitted by various government entities. We do not care if it is in June, July, August, or September, whenever we get the all clear from local, state, and federal authorities." Huset's Speedway (2020–) The track was sold in mid-July 2020 to Tod Quiring, the owner of the Jackson (MN) Motorplex; he announced an August reopening date as well as restoring historic Huset's name to the track. The first race at the track was a $20,000-to-win All Star Circuit of Champions race on August 2, 2020. The All Stars circuit returned for the first time since 2014 and the fifteenth time overall. National Tours Racing at the Track All Star Circuit of Champions USAC National Midget Cars USAC National Sprint Cars World