People: Mar. 31, 1986

One would think that with the annual failure of his pennant boasts, New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner would find the business of baseball risky enough. Think again. Last week Steinbrenner was at the starting gate of Florida's Pompano Park Harness Raceway, sitting in a sulky alongside such sporting celebs as Writer George Plimpton and Yankee Hall of Famer Whitey Ford. "When you become a businessman you become stagnant in some ways," explains Steinbrenner, who owns a trotter and a pacer. "You don't do as many of the exciting and dangerous things you used to do. It was skydiving or this." Of course, if Steinbrenner is still thrill seeking after winning the charity race, he can always bring back Billy Martin to manage.