U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                     FORM 4

              ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer  subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).



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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Batten                               James                   R.
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   (Last)                            (First)              (Middle)

233 S. Patterson Ave.
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                                    (Street)

Springfield                          MO                     65802
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   (City)                            (State)                (Zip)
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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.  (ORLY)
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)

500-78-0162
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4.   Statement for Month/Year

April 23, 2003
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [_]  Director                             [_]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)

Vice President Finance/Chief Financial Officer
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing
     (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                 5.             6.
                                                                 4.                              Amount of      Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Securities     ship
                                                    3.           Disposed of (D)                 Beneficially   Form:     7.
                                                    Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Owned at End   Direct    Nature of
                                      2.            Code         -----------------------------   of Issuer's    (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    Transaction   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             Fiscal Year    Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Date          -----------      Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                            (mm/dd/yy)    Code    V                    (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock                                                                                     579            D
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Common Stock
                                                                                                 2,821          I         401(k)Plan
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Common Stock                                                                                     237(1)         I         Held in
                                                                                                                          escrow
                                                                                                                          under Per-
                                                                                                                          formance
                                                                                                                          Incentive
                                                                                                                          Plan-2001
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(1)  The 2001 Performance  Incentive Plan award relates to fiscal year 2001, but
     shares  are held in escrow  and will not be  released  until 2003 and 2004.
     Shares  released in December  2002 that  pertained to the 2001  Performance
     Incentive Plan are now reflected in direct ownership.






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*    If the form is filed by more than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
     4(b)(v).

Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of  securities  beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.

                           (Print or Type Responses)

                                                                          (Over)
(Form 4-07/99)




FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                          9.        10.
                                                                                                          Number    Owner-
                                                                                                          of        ship
                    2.                                                                                    Deriv-    of
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature
                    or                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ities     Secur-   of
                    Exer-                      Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Bene-     ity:     In-
                    cise     3.                Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       ficially  Direct   direct
                    Price    Trans-   4.       or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.                  of       action   Trans-   of (D)        (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    at End    In-      ficial
Title of            Deriv-   Date     action   (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   of        direct   Owner-
Derivative          ative    (Month/  Code     4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      Year      (I)      ship
Security            Secur-   Day/     (Instr.  ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    8)        (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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Employee stock
options with tandem
withholding right                                                               Common
(right to buy)      $21.3125                                 8/5/00(1)  8/4/09  Stock                      10,000    D
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Employee stock
options with tandem
withholding right                                                               Common
(right to buy)      $12.25                                   12/1/98(1) 12/1/07 Stock                      7,500     D
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Employee stock
options with tandem
witholding right                                                                Common
(right to buy)      $26.51                                   6/14/02(1) 6/14/10 Stock                      25,000    D
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Employee stock
options with tandem
witholding right                                                                Common
(right to buy)      $23.74   2/23/03  A         19,000       2/23/04(1) 2/23/13 Stock                      19,000    D
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(1) The derivative  securities disclosed in Table II above are 25% exercisable 1
year after grant;  50% exercisable 2 years after grant;  75% exercisable 3 years
after grant; and 100% exercisable 4 years after grant.

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Explanation of Responses:

All share ending  balances have been adjusted to reflect 100% stock dividends in
the form of two stock splits: July 31, 1997 and November 15, 1999. Payment dates
on the dividends were August 31, 1997 and November 30, 1999, respectively.

/s/James R. Batten                                              4/23/03
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James R. Batten                                                   Date

**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations.

See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.


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