Pete Dayton

Peter Raymond Dayton is a character from the 1997 film Lost Highway. He lives with his parents, Bill and Candace Dayton. He works at Arnie's as a mechanic whose job is considered to be excellent by Mr. Eddy, who trusts in Pete to regularly work on his Cadillac.

This section combines info from the film and the screenplay.
When he was 19, Pete was arrested for auto theft. He was put on probation for one year.

On the night before Pete showed up in prison, the night he couldn't remember and his loved ones didn't want to talk about, Sheila brought him home because she didn't know what else to do. There was a man with Pete. Bill said he had never seen that man before.

The next day, he appeared in prison, replacing Fred Madison. Johnny Mack was making his early morning rounds, checking on each cell when he found Pete. He was identified and his parents were called. He was freed and taken home by his parents. But two investigators are assigned the task of following him.

On that evening, he was visited by his friends who invited him to go out. He goes on the passenger seat of a black beat-up '66 Grand Prix driven by his friend "V". Pete complains about the car and says he hates riding in it. They pull the car off the boulevard to the drive-in of a bar called Tops. While at Tops, they find Pete's girlfriend, Sheila, with her friends and invite them to go bowling to a place called the Ten Pin.

At the Ten Pin, Sheila and Pete dance together. They start talking about the night before.