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        <footnote id="F1">Includes 21,100 shares held in the Maynard L. Jenkins &amp; Audrey Jenkins Family Trust and 2,500 shares held in the Maynard L. Jenkins Jr. &amp; Audrey Jenkins Family Trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The two reported transactions involve an amendment of an outstanding option scheduled to expire in the near future (originally granted on December 21, 1999) to extend its expiration date to 12/31/2007, resulting in the deemed cancellation of the &quot;old&quot; option and the grant of a &quot;replacement&quot; option.  Pursuant to the transitional relief provided under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the reporting person elected to either exercise the amended option in 2007 or have the option expire unexercised at year end.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option grant is fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">$0.00 is used for technical reasons as there is no price for this derivative security until vested and/or exercised.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">On January 29, 2006, the Company accelerated the vesting of all stock option grants with an exercise price greater than $15.90 per share, which includes this option grant with an exercise price of $16.35.  Shares under this option grant are subject to a sale restriction that prohibits the option holder from selling the shares until the original vesting date.  Accordingly, the option holder may only sell up to 1/3 of the original grant on or after 6/28/06, up to 2/3 of the original grant on or after 6/28/07 and up to the full amount of the original grant on or after 6/28/08.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The reported incentive bonus units will become vested with respect to 25% of the total number of incentive bonus units granted on May 15 of each of the calendar years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and will entitle the reporting person to receive a distribution of cash equal in value to the amount by which the average of the per share closing prices of the Company's common stock over a specified period of time exceeds the base value of $20.00 (which is subject to adjustment in the event of a change in the Company's capitalization).  In the event the formula decribed above results in no payment to the reporting person on a vesting date, then the incentive bonus units vesting on such date will be forfeited without consideration.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">This option grant becomes vested and exercisable at the rate of one-third on 10/18/2005, one-third on 10/18/2006, and one-third on 10/18/2007.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Form 4 executed pursuant to the Limited Power of Attorney for Section 16 Reporting Obligations dated October 14, 2005, and on file with the SEC.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Maynard L. Jenkins

by:  /s/  James R. Todd
     Attorney In Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-12-20</signatureDate>
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<TEXT>
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints each of James R. Todd (as of October 17, 2005) and Randi V.
Morrison, each acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on
behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including
any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of CSK Auto Corporation,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as
considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended
from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(2)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and

(3)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will
contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for
the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange
Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit
disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on
behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Limited Power of Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 14th day of October, 2005.






                                 Signature:   /s/ Maynard Jenkins


                                 Print Name:  Maynard Jenkins



STATE OF ARIZONA

COUNTY OF MARICOPA



	On this 14th day of October, 2005, Maynard Jenkins personally appeared before
me, and acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes
therein contained.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.



     By:  /s/ Ann L. Hemphill
     Ann L. Hemphill
     Notary Public



                                     My Commission Expires: November 20, 2008


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