Clare is a national award-winning writer and regular weekly contributor to Autofile.ca after serving as the Wheels section editor at the London Free Press for 11 years. He is also a contributor to Lifestyle Magazine and has been writing motor sports stories for numerous publications since 1970. He is also an award-winning photographer. Clare is Past President of AJAC after serving five terms as President and has also been a director of its Canadian Car of the Year Management Group.