Jane Scaletta’s motorsport story is about more than participation. Her path through grassroots competition, driver education, club culture, federation leadership, STEM Racing, and mentorship shows how people can help make a credible way into the sport for others.
There is no single path into motorsport. Someone might start with a race weekend, a local club, a driving course, a kart track, or a conversation in a garage. The important part is that there is a credible way to get started.
That is what makes Jane Scaletta’s story worth telling. She has not only participated in motorsport. She has spent years helping create the clubs, programs, events, and institutions that give other people a place to learn, compete, contribute, and belong.
Jane is Chief Global Commercial Officer at Fast Town, where she helps shape commercial strategy supporting the company’s international ambitions. Her background spans leadership, marketing, public affairs, finance, tourism, and motorsport culture. Away from Fast Town, she is President of the Cayman Motoring Federation, which identifies itself as the governing body for motorsport in the Cayman Islands and a member of the FIA. [1] [2]
Her route into the sport has been hands-on. In a 2023 profile, the FIA traced her early interest from motorcycles to her first Formula 1 race in Brazil in 2010, followed by local slalom and drag-racing participation in the Cayman Islands. The FIA also reported that she founded the Porsche Club of the Cayman Islands, took part in Porsche Club of America high-performance driver education, organized Porsche Club events, attended Porsche Sport Driving School, and served as secretary of the Ferrari Club of America in Orlando. [3]
The FIA profile made another point worth noting: Jane did not only attend events or organize clubs. She competed in Cayman slalom and drag racing, and the FIA described her in 2023 as the country’s only consistent female drag racer. Her experience has also included karting, autocross, driver education, and track time at recognized circuits. [3]
Building more than a calendar
In 2022, Scaletta and other auto enthusiasts founded the Cayman Motoring Federation. The FIA reported that CMF became an affiliate in 2023. Today, CMF says its purpose is to advance motoring in the Cayman Islands through education, training, and special programs, while its officers are charged with developing motorsport and mobility. [1] [3]
That language moves the conversation beyond spectacle. A healthy motorsport culture needs rules, volunteers, technical knowledge, safety standards, and clear entry points for people who are not already insiders.
CMF’s current work reflects that approach. Its 2025–2028 agenda, published in a CMF announcement carried by Cayman Compass, names motorsport development, road safety, youth and inclusion, and regional and international engagement among its strategic priorities. [4]
The federation’s Auto Slalom program is a practical example. It provides a structured, controlled environment where drivers can develop and demonstrate car control and precision away from public roads. Cayman Compass described Auto Slalom as a safety-minded entry point into racing, built around cone-marked courses and technical accuracy rather than outright speed. [5]
That distinction is important. If motorsport is only presented as a finished product—fast cars, big weekends, and closed circles—many people will never see where they fit. A well-run grassroots program makes the first step visible.
A pathway for the next generation
Scaletta’s work also reaches beyond the driver’s seat. In January 2025, the FIA reported CMF’s launch of STEM Racing Supported by F1, a hands-on program designed to engage Cayman students through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Scaletta described the initiative as a way to build skills, confidence, and resilience. [6]
By April 2026, CMF had hosted its first STEM Racing Cayman Islands national finals. The federation identified Scaletta as both president and in-country coordinator, and quoted her on seeing students grow into engineers, leaders, and innovators. [7]
Her commitment to developing other people also extends beyond Cayman. The FIA Women in Motorsport Mentorship Programme identifies Jane as both a mentor and mentee. On the program’s public site, she describes a strong professional and personal connection with her mentor, built on shared experience and the ability to collaborate across subjects. [8]
It is tempting to talk about women in motorsport only in terms of visibility. Visibility matters. But the more durable work is often less glamorous: helping a student see a technical path, making a newcomer feel welcome at a course, supporting an official, or giving a young driver a structured place to learn.
CMF’s August Auto Slalom round offered a current example. Cayman Marl Road reported that three women competed in a CMF Auto Slalom round—the highest female participation in a single round of the league to date. Scaletta said the program was intended to provide an accessible, welcoming, and safe introduction to motorsport. [9]
That is the standard worth paying attention to. Not a one-off moment. A repeatable pathway.
The work behind the moment
Motorsport is often celebrated at the point of performance: the green flag, the lap time, the podium. Those moments matter, but they depend on work many people never see. Someone has to build the program, establish the rules, recruit volunteers, create educational opportunities, and keep safety central.
Jane Scaletta’s story sits at that intersection. She has brought the perspective of a participant into the work of building an organization. She has connected driver education, club culture, youth learning, road safety, grassroots competition, and mentorship into one wider idea of what motorsport can do for a community.
The work is not finished. The direction is clear.
For Women in Motor Sports Wednesday, that is the point: recognizing the people who do more than take a seat at the table. They help make the table bigger.
What Jane Scaletta’s work shows
- Grassroots programs make the first step into motorsport visible and structured.
- Driver education, safety, youth pathways, and competition can reinforce one another.
- Mentorship helps turn individual experience into a wider, more durable community.
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Sources
- Cayman Motoring Federation — About Us
- Fast Town — Leadership
- FIA — Fueling the Future: Jane Scaletta and the Cayman Motoring Federation
- Cayman Compass — Cayman Motoring Federation announces new board of directors
- Cayman Compass — Cayman Motoring Federation debuts inaugural National Auto Slalom League
- FIA — Cayman Motoring Federation launches STEM Racing Supported by F1
- Cayman Motoring Federation — CMF Hosts its First STEM Racing National Finals
- FIA Women in Motorsport Mentorship Programme
- Cayman Marl Road — Auto Slalom League sets record as female drivers boost Cayman motorsport