Would you claim the second an athlete leaves the field they’re no longer an athlete?
“Sports” cars are tuned towards their racing counterparts. Auto racing is a sport. We don’t know if that owner does autocross, probably not, but that is classified as a Sports Car regardless of anything else.
You can’t go confusing the Rainbow Badge for the NDSM and pretend like they’re the same thing. Kids these days don’t even get one straight out of basic anymore!