Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shekaru da yawa a cikin 1980s, Yeager yana da alaƙa da General Motors, yana tallata ACDelco, sashin sassan motocin kamfanin. A shekarar 1986, an gayyace shi ya tuka motar Chevrolet Corvette mota don
Gasar Indianapolis 500 ta 70 da aka gudanar. A shekara ta 1988, an sake gayyatar Yeager don ya tuka motar mota, a wannan lokacin a motar Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. A 1986, Shugaba Reagan ya nada Yeager zuwa Hukumar Rogers wacce ta binciki fashewar jirgin saman sararin samaniya "Challenger".