Csk Auto Corp - Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: January 31, 2008 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Woods Brian K

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 12/17/2007

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

CSK AUTO CORP [CAO]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

645 E. MISSOURI AVENUE

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President /

(Street)

PHOENIX, AZ 85012

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	0 ⁽¹⁾	D

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Common Stock	0 ⁽²⁾	$0.00 ⁽³⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	After a brief leave of absence, reporting person re-joined the Company as its Executive Vice President - Merchandising. The Company will grant reporting person 25,000 shares of restricted common stock on the first day of the Company's open trading window following the release of the Company's financial results for the third quarter and first thirty-nine weeks of fiscal 2007. This grant will replace the reporting person's new hire grant made on October 20, 2007 of 25,000 shares of restricted common stock that cancelled upon his resignation in November 2007.
( 2)	After a brief leave of absence, reporting person re-joined the Company as its Executive Vice President - Merchandising. The Company will grant reporting person 100,000 stock options on the first day of the Company's open trading window following the release of the Company's financial results for the third quarter and first thirty-nine weeks of fiscal 2007. The exercise price will be the higher of the market price on the date of grant or $10.795, which is the same price as the reporting person's new hire grant October 20, 2007 grant of 100,000 stock options that cancelled upon his resignation in November 2007.
( 3)	$0.00 is used for technical reasons as there is no current derivative security reported in this table.

Remarks:
Executed pursuant to the Limited Power of Attorney for Section 16 Reporting Obligations dated August 13, 2007.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Woods Brian K 645 E. MISSOURI AVENUE PHOENIX, AZ 85012			Executive Vice President

Signatures
Brian K. Woods by: /s/ James R. Todd Attorney In Fact		12/17/2007
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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