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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-01-20</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2004-06-01</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000942011</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>OREILLY LAWRENCE P</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O OREILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>233 SOUTH PATTERSON</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SPRINGFIELD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MI</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>2005-05-27</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2005-05-27</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>88636</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>609643</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On March 20, 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 $2,728,000. 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 20 business days (each an &quot;Averaging Date&quot;) prior to and including May
27, 2005 (each a &quot;Settlement Price&quot;), as follows: (continued on footnote 2)</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">(continued from Footnote 1) (i) if the Settlement Price were less than or equal to $31.00 per share, then the reporting
person would be required to deliver 5,000 shares (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 $31.00 but less than $37.20 per share, then the reporting
person would be required to deliver a number of shares equal to the product of 5,000 times $31.00, divided by the Settlement
Price; and (continued on Footnote 3)</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">(continued from Footnote 2) (iii) if the Settlement Price were greater than $37.20, then the reporting person would be
required
to deliver a number of shares equal to 5,000 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which would be the sum of
$31.00 plus the difference between the Settlement Price and $37.20, and the denominator of which would be the Settlement
Price. The Settlement Price on each Averaging Date ranged from a high of $57.60 and a low of $50.89,
resulting in the reporting person delivering a total of 88,636 shares of the Company's common stock to the Buyer.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Larry O'Reilly</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-01-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
