As someone who used to go to the racetrack on Rosh Hashannah, I suggest you are wrong. You never know what little seed of tradition will eventually blossom into Shabbat observance.
ML/NJ
“For the LORD’S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.” That is literally true!
A Jew is never truly lost. He may forfeit privileges of being treated as a Jew, but a Jew is always a Jew, no matter how buried in dirt he is.
I’m not talking about seeds of observance.
Keeping Shabbat is in the Top Ten, and trying it at least once shines a spotlight on you reaching to the heavens.