Jason Dante

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Jason Dante
Occupation	Mechanic, Street-Racer, Bookie
Played By	Ryan Merriman
Status	Deceased (Velocity)

Jason Dante was a young mechanic who managed to use meteor rocks as a fuel additive in race cars.

[edit] Season Three

In Velocity, Dante taught Pete Ross how to illegally street race. When Pete starts winning, he becomes known as Pete "The Boss" Ross. However, when Dante tells Pete to throw a race, Pete refuses. Dante then loses $20,000 in bets, and threatens to kill Pete if he doesn't reimburse him his losses. Clark tries to stop Dante by giving the sheriff evidence that Dante was stealing cars, but Dante had a deputy on his payroll, and was able to hide the stolen cars before the raid on his barn. Dante assumed that it was Pete that sent the sheriff, so he beat him up and threatened to kill his parents if he didn't repay his $20,000 debt.

Clark goes to Lex to asks to borrow the money, but Lex says "in my experience, money-hungry thugs are like stray dogs. You feed them once, they're at your back door every night asking for more." With that he leaves, and Clark decides to steal Lex's Porsche to use as the prize in the next street race. This street race, will be for either the car (should Dante win), or forgiveness of Pete's debt (should Pete win). Clark plans on using his heat-vision to overheat Dante's engine, allowing Pete to win the race.

Things get complicated when Clark overhears Dante speaking to someone else about a bomb set in Pete's car, which will detonate once he reaches a speed of 100mph. Clark attempts to intervene, but is knocked out with a Kryptonite tank to the head. Dante locks him in Pete's trunk, and he is unable to move due to his proximity to the Kryptonite tubing. When Pete uses all of his fuel additive, Clark manages to sever Pete's fuel line, creating a leak on the road, causing Dante to lose control of his car and fatally crash.