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<FILING-DATE>20060106
<DATE-OF-FILING-DATE-CHANGE>20060106
<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>CSK AUTO CORP
<CIK>0001051848
<ASSIGNED-SIC>5531
<IRS-NUMBER>860765798
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>0131
</COMPANY-DATA>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>645 E MISSOURI AVENUE
<CITY>PHOENIX
<STATE>AZ
<ZIP>85012
<PHONE>6022659200
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>645 E MISSOURI AVENUE
<CITY>PHOENIX
<STATE>AZ
<ZIP>85012
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</ISSUER>
<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>SHUTZER WILLIAM A
<CIK>0001016750
</OWNER-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
<FORM-TYPE>4
<ACT>34
<FILE-NUMBER>001-13927
<FILM-NUMBER>06516744
</FILING-VALUES>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>C/O TIFFANY & CO LEGAL DEPARTMENT
<STREET2>727 FIFTH AVE
<CITY>NEW YORK
<STATE>NY
<ZIP>10022
<PHONE>2127558000
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>C/O TIFFANY & CO LEGAL DEPT
<STREET2>727 FIFTH AVE
<CITY>NEW YORK
<STATE>NY
<ZIP>10022
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 SUBMISSION
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                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 5000 shares held in an IRA rollover account in the name of the reporting individual.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 2818 shares of restricted Common Stock granted on 06/16/2004,  Subject to certain conditions, one-half of these shares will vest and be issued on the six month anniversary of the grant, and the remainder will vest and be issued on the earlier of (a) the one year anniversary of the date of the grant or (b) the date of the next meeting of stockholders to elect directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes 2,000 shares in a joint account in the names of William A. Shutzer and Fay L. Shutzer purchased on January 4, 2006.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Shares held under the William A. Shutzer and Fay L. Shutzer FBO William A. Shutzer Defined Benefit Plan U/A/D 07/24/03.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Shares held by adult son in trust.  Reporting individual does not have voting power over these shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Option grant subject to the Company's Outside Director Compensation Policy and/or the terms and conditions of the Company's 2004 Stock and Incentive Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Executed pursuant to the Limited Power of Attorney for Section 16 Reporting Obligations dated October 17, 2005.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>William A. Shutzer

by /s/ James R. Todd
Attorney In Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-01-06</signatureDate>
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