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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000898173-08-000028.txt : 20080428
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20080428131845
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000898173-08-000028
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080117
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080428
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080428

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000898173
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-AUTO & HOME SUPPLY STORES [5531]
		IRS NUMBER:				440618012
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		233 S PATTERSON
		CITY:			SPRINGFIELD
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			65802
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4178622674

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		233 SOUTH PATTERSON
		CITY:			SPRINGFIELD
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			65802

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WOOTEN ROSALIE OREILLY
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000940818

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21318
		FILM NUMBER:		08780241

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4178295714

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		233 SOUTH PATTERSON
		CITY:			SPRINGFIELD
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			65802
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-01-17</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000898173</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>O REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ORLY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000940818</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>WOOTEN ROSALIE OREILLY</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>233 SOUTH PATTERSON</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SPRINGFIELD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>65802</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-01-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>24.97</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1192491</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-04-07</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>80196</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1112295</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>373400</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Indirectly as trustee for reporting person's child and  in a GRAT.</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On March 19, 2002, the reporting person entered into a variable prepaid forward arrangement (&quot;VPF&quot;) with an unaffiliated
 third party buyer (the &quot;Buyer&quot;) pursuant to which the reporting person received a cash payment of $1,165,310.64.  In
 exchange for the cash payment, the reporting person pledged 100,000 shares of common stock of O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (the
 &quot;Company&quot;) and agreed to settle the VPF with either a payment of cash or the delivery of up to 100,000 shares of the
 Company's common stock.  The reporting person chose to settle the VPF through the delivery of shares.  The number of shares
 delivered by the reporting person to the Buyer at settlement was based upon the price of the Company's common stock on each
 of the 5 business days (each an &quot;Averaging Date&quot;) prior to and including April 7, 2008 (each a &quot;Settlement Price&quot;), as
 follows: (continued in Footnote 2)</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">(continued from Footnote 2) (i) if the Settlement Price were less than or equal to $14.07 per share, then the reporting
 person would be required to deliver 20,000 shares, per day (which represents the total number of shares subject to the VPF
 divided by the number of Averaging Dates) to the Buyer; (ii) if the Settlement Price had been greater than $14.07 but less
 than $19.70 per share, then the reporting person would be required to deliver a number of shares equal to the product of
 20,000 times $14.07, divided by the Settlement Price; and (continued in Footnote 3)</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">(continued from Footnote 3) (iii) if the Settlement Price were greater than $19.70, then the reporting person would be
 required to deliver a number of shares equal to 20,000 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which would be the sum of
 $14.07 plus the difference between the Settlement Price and $19.70, and the denominator of which would be the Settlement
 Price.  The Settlement Price on each Averaging Date ranged from a high of $29.41 and a low of $27.86, resulting in the
 reporting person delivering a total of 80,196 shares of the Company's common stock to the Buyer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Total includes 300,000 shares held as trustee for reporting person's child and 73,400 shares held in a Grantor Retained
 Annuity Trust (GRAT).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Rosalie Wooten</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-04-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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