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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001140361-09-009249.txt : 20090408
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090408162021
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-09-009249
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090407
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090408
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090408

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Smith Richard Murray
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001382603

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31420
		FILM NUMBER:		09740117

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12800 TUCKAHOE CREEK PARKWAY
		CITY:			RICHMOND
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23238

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CARMAX INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001170010
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-AUTO DEALERS & GASOLINE STATIONS [5500]
		IRS NUMBER:				541821055
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0228

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12800 TUCKAHOE CREEK PARKWAY
		CITY:			RICHMOND
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23238
		BUSINESS PHONE:		804-747-0422

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12800 TUCKAHOE CREEK PARKWAY
		CITY:			RICHMOND
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23238
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    <periodOfReport>2009-04-07</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>CARMAX INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KMX</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Smith Richard Murray</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>12800 TUCKAHOE CREEK PARKWAY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>RICHMOND</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>23238</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Senior Vice President &amp; CIO</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <transactionDate>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <securityTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares of Company common stock will be issued to the Reporting Person upon vesting of the restricted stock units, which are referred to by the Company as market stock units (the ?MSUs?), in accordance with the terms of the Form of Notice of Market Stock Unit Grant filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 2,  2009.  The minimum number of shares of Company common stock that will be issued to the Reporting Person at vesting is zero, and the maximum number of shares of Company common stock that will be issued at vesting is two times the number of MSUs.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The restricted stock units shall vest on April 7, 2012.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The stock options are exercisable with respect to one-fourth of the underlying shares of Common Stock on each of April 7, 2010, April 7, 2011, April 7, 2012 and April 7, 2013.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The stock options and the stock appreciation rights (SARS) were granted in tandem. Accordingly, the exercise of one results in the surrender to the Issuer of the other. The SARS, which will entitle the Reporting Person to receive the cash value of the options in lieu of exercising the options, become exercisable only following a change in control of the Issuer as set forth in the Issuer's 2002 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Lisa Ferron Lee</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-04-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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