 He was awarded the MBE in 1979.Clark never really retired from the sport of rallying, merely dropping back to club events again after his commercial sponsorship and supply of competitive cars dropped off, in part due to the new 4x4 Audi Quattro driven era.Clark remained influential in rallying and motorsport through committee membership of the British Racing Drivers Club, through which he helped to develop a new Rallysprint circuit at Silverstone in 1997.