CSK Auto, Inc. was a specialty retailer of automotive parts and accessories in the western United States . CSK Auto became a publicly traded company in March 1998, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona , and grew through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth. It was acquired in 2008 by O'Reilly Automotive .
48-498: The company took its name from the initials of its three auto parts chains, Checker Auto Parts, Kragen Auto Parts, and Schuck's Auto Supply. On January 29, 2006, CSK had operated 1,273 stores in 22 states spanning from Hawaii to Ohio, with principal concentration of stores in the Western United States. CSK operated its stores under four brand names: In the mid-2000s, CSK operated five value concept retail stores under
96-416: A 25. In 2007, she got more big air and scored a 24. In 2008, she went for the triple bus jump and did the rollover of a lifetime and finished runner-up with a 36. Iron Outlaw : The truck scored a 14, after losing a wheel in 2006. In 2007, the truck put on an awesome run coming out second in a field of 22 trucks in freestyle and scored a 29, finishing 3rd. in 2008, the truck broke the right-front spindle after
144-591: A 3.7 percent stake in Advance Auto Parts. On January 2, 2016, Darren Jackson resigned his position as CEO. On April 4, 2016, Advance announced Frito-Lay North America CEO Tom Greco would succeed Jackson as CEO. Advance stock declined throughout 2016 and 2017, but in 2018 Advance was the #5 top performing stock of the S&;P 500 outperforming the aftermarket automotive parts industry by more than 30 percent. In November 2018, Advance Auto Parts announced
192-468: A Chevy S-10 body on a custom chassis, 2Xtreme was a Dodge Dakota on a Dan Patrick built chassis. Through a series of displays for the company, CSK became an official sponsor of the team in 2000. It was then that 2Xtreme was renamed Scarlet Bandit. The sponsorship lead to a significant increase in performance for the team, and they began to be shown on the Monster Jam television show, notably with
240-594: A final-round appearance by Jimmy in Bounty Hunter against Tom Meents in the Pontiac Silverdome . For the 2002 season, both trucks were rebodied to Ford Expeditions , and were given new paint schemes with comic book character mascots . This was also the first year in which Bounty Hunter was invited to the World Finals, and was runner up in the racing segment. He also had runner-up finishes in
288-708: A new Ramer chassis in the same year. In 2019, Creten won the World Finals Racing Championship at World Finals 20 in Orlando, Florida. It's teammate truck, Scarlet Bandit, debuted a new paint scheme in the pit party at the same show. Bounty Hunter : Even though Jimmy Creten and Bounty Hunter have been in the Championship Race in 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, and 2019, acquiring the World Finals Racing Championship. In 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2011, Bounty Hunter made it to
336-628: A new company, Northern Pacific Corporation. In early December 1986, Lucky Stores announced it was selling its Checker Auto Parts and Kragen Auto Parts subsidiaries to the Northern Pacific Corporation, which also operated Schuck's, for $ 155 million. The combined entity operated 95 Schuck's stores in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, 175 Kragen stores in California and Nevada, and 202 Checker stores across 12 Western states. After
384-830: A partnership to launch PartsAmerica.com, an automotive parts and accessories e-commerce platform that served all 50 states. To strengthen its position in the Northern Plains states, in April, CSK purchased All-Car Distributors, operators of 21 stores in Wisconsin and one in Michigan. These stores operated under the Checker banner. In December 2005, CSK acquired Murray's, Inc. and its subsidiary, Murray's Discount Auto Stores. The 110 Murray's automotive-part and accessory retail stores in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana retained
432-666: A privately held distributor and supplier of equipment and aftermarket replacement products for commercial markets operating under the Carquest and WorldPac brands on October 16, 2013. The deal created the largest automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America. GPI, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, has seen a significant rise in personnel since being acquired by Advance. On September 30, 2015, Starboard Value LP, an activist investment firm disclosed they had taken
480-706: A regional auto parts chain with 671 stores in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Louisiana. Upon completion of this merger, Advance Auto Parts became a publicly traded company , listed as a common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AAP. The year ended with 2,484 stores in 38 states. In July 2002, Advance Auto Parts received bankruptcy court approval to acquire 57 Trak Auto stores in northern Virginia, Washington, DC , and eastern Maryland. In December 2012, Advance Auto Parts acquired BWP Distributors—a Carquest franchise for
528-548: A special half blue and half yellow paint scheme in the World Finals. In 2016, at World Finals 17, Creten brought a special paint scheme, to pay homage to Chris Kyle . This paint scheme ran for the rest of the year. In 2017, Scarlet Bandit and Bounty Hunter debuted a new paint scheme. In 2018, Austin Minton brought a second Bounty Hunter. He and the truck competed in the Double Down Showdown. Creten also debuted
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#1732794318660576-467: Is a monster truck owns a National Touring show called the 2 X Monster Truck Live Tour, executing and performing at over 45 shows per year. Trucks include Bounty Hunter , Scarlet Bandit and five finger death punch inspired Knuckle Head, Hot Tamale, and newcomer Brutal , all of which compete at the various events on the annual schedule. The team is owned by Jimmy Creten, the two time Monster Jam World Champion and includes Creten, his wife Dawn Creten, who
624-771: Is an American automotive aftermarket parts provider. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina , it serves professional installer and do it yourself (DIY) customers. As of December 2023 , Advance operated 4,935 stores and 321 Worldpac branches in the United States and Canada. The company also serves 1,245 independently owned Carquest -branded stores in the U.S., Mexico , The Cayman Islands , Turks and Caicos , and British Virgin Islands . Net sales for Advance Auto Parts in 2023 were $ 11.3 billion (up 1.2% from 2022). Gross profit for 2023 $ 4.5 billion. Operating profit for
672-542: Is the longest running female driver in the monster truck industry, Michael Brister, and Rob Poutre and more. Each truck features a different theme, with the headliners featuring an old west theme with a character based on the truck's name. All three vehicles have competed in the Monster Jam World Finals , and Bounty Hunter was the 2005 World Finals Freestyle Champion and the 2019 World Finals Racing Champion. Jimmy Creten and Trent Montgomery currently drive
720-625: The 2Xtreme Racing monster truck team and the funny car driven by Del Worsham in the National Hot Rod Association. CSK was designated the Official Auto Parts Store of the NHRA. CSK served both the do-it-yourself ("DIY") and the commercial installer, or do-it-for-me ("DIFM"), customer. The DIY market, which comprises customers who typically repair and maintain vehicles themselves, was the foundation of
768-513: The Pay 'n Save discount retail chain acquired Schuck's Auto Supply with its 58 stores. The merger was finalized on January 1, 1984, for $ 68.9 million in stock. In September, Eddie and Julius Trump of The Trump Group (no relations to Donald Trump or The Trump Organization ) took control of the company. The following year, Pay 'n Save began to divest its non-core businesses. In November 1985, Pay 'n Save spun off Bi-Mart , Lamonts , and Schuck's to form
816-608: The checkered flag in IndyCar . Advance Auto Parts has served as a sponsor in NASCAR , where it is the official auto parts retailer of the sanctioning body. The company sponsored the 2017 Advance Auto Parts Clash exhibition race at Daytona International Speedway . Advance became the title sponsor of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series in 2020. Advance Auto Parts has partnered in
864-677: The $ 1 (~$ 2.00 in 2023)-billion barrier for the first time, and the company opened, expanded, or relocated a total of 130 more stores. In June 1999, CSK acquired 86 Big Wheel/Rossi Auto Parts stores in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. By August, CSK Auto operated 926 stores in 17 states under the Checker, Schuck's, Kragen and Big Wheel/Rossi names. In October, CSK completed its acquisition of 194 Al's and Grand Auto Supply stores in Washington, California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, and Alaska. In January 2000, and Advance Auto Parts announced
912-450: The 2003, 2006, 2008 and 2011 events. For 2005, the new "Iron Outlaw" identity, driven by former Jurassic Attack driver Linsey Weenk, was added to the team as a replacement body for when Dawn could not attend events. This new look saw only limited action that season, but went full-time in 2006 when Dawn was expecting a child. After an unprecedented 7 event winning streak, the truck became a permanent team member. Also in 2005, Jimmy Creten won
960-498: The 2019 Fortune 500 list. The company retails various brand name, original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and private label automotive replacement parts, accessories, batteries and maintenance items for domestic and imported cars, vans, sport utility vehicles and light and heavy duty trucks. Advance Auto Parts shares are mainly held by institutional investors such as The Vanguard Group , BlackRock , State Street Corporation , and others. The first major expansion of Advance Auto Parts
1008-777: The Advance Stores from Pep Boys , with two stores in Roanoke, Virginia , and one in Lynchburg, Virginia . Advance premiered on the Fortune 500 list of companies in 2003 at No. 466. In January 2005, Advance was named the “Best Managed Company in America” in the retail sector by Forbes . As of July 2018, the corporation was ranked at No. 1,412 on the Forbes "World's Biggest Public Companies" list. Advance ranked No. 326 on
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#17327943186601056-547: The Murray's name and operating model. In September 2006, CSK announced it had dismissed its chief operating officer and its chief administrative officer, and chief executive Maynard Jenkins would retire, following an investigation that found irregularities in the company's accounting practices. On March 5, 2009 the SEC filed a civil injunction against four former executives of CSK Auto. The employees were charged with accounting fraud for
1104-505: The New England region—that included the transfer of 124 company owned retail locations plus 2 distribution centers. The responsibility for 92 independently owned locations that were service by BWP were transferred to General Parts, Inc., the largest Carquest franchise along with one distribution center for servicing those locations. Advance Auto Parts entered into a definitive agreement to acquire General Parts International, Inc. (GPI),
1152-532: The Pay N Save brand name in and around Phoenix, Arizona. These stores sold primarily tools, hardware, sporting goods, housewares and other household goods, and seasonal items. To try and increase the tool business CSK built six stores that combined both auto parts and tools in Michigan, Colorado, Washington, and Arizona. The company ceased operations of the Pay N Save stores on August 26, 2007. CSK sponsored major league baseball in major markets throughout its trade areas,
1200-578: The SEC to go public through an initial public offering . The stock debuted in March 1998. CSK Auto experienced growth through a combination of acquisitions and a program of store construction and expansion. In 1997, CSK acquired 81 Trak Auto stores in Southern California, converting them to the Kragen name and product mix. This led to an extremely productive year in 1998, as annual sales broke
1248-873: The Schuck's brand into Kansas City, Missouri. Northern Automotive later sold off the Auto Works chain with its 159 retail stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and West Virginia to Hahn Automotive Warehouse in November 1993 for $ 13 million in cash. In October 1996, Investcorp acquired a controlling interest in CSK Auto (formerly Northern Automotive) after CSK failed to first go public in July 1996. CSK announced in December 1997 that it had filed with
1296-599: The Semi-Finals, but spun out in Round 2 at World Finals VIII. Jimmy Creten has knocked over turning poles in 2005 and 2008, after crossing the line ahead of Grave Digger in 2005, and a little behind Batman in 2008. Jimmy Creten blew up his engine during Racing in 2013, causing him and the truck to not compete for freestyle. Scarlet Bandit : Dawn has yet to make it past Round 2 in the racing. Losing in Round 1 in 2005, Round 2 in 2007, and in Round 1 in 2008. She qualified in
1344-603: The World Freestyle Championship in Las Vegas , bolstering the team's reputation for freestyle as well as racing. In 2007, all three trucks competed on the circuit and all earned a slot at the World Finals. In July, Weenk announced he was moving to the Blue Thunder truck at the end of the season. On October 23, former Dragon Slayer driver Kreg Christensen was named as the replacement. During
1392-524: The acquisition, the automotive division was briefly known as Checker/Schuck's/Kragen before becoming Northern Automotive. The transaction was completed withn three weeks of the announcement. In February 1988, Northern Automotive acquired 252 Auto Works stores in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia from Perry Drug Stores . The deal also included an automated distribution center in Dayton, Ohio that would be used to expand
1440-412: The brand names Checker Auto Parts, Schuck's Auto Supply, Kragen Auto Parts, and Murray's Discount Auto Stores. The acquisition was finalize on July 11, 2008. Starting in 2009, O'Reilly gradually rebranded Checker Auto Parts, Schucks Auto Supply, and Kragen Auto Parts stores as O'Reilly Auto Parts stores during a multi-year process that was finally completed in 2011. 2Xtreme Racing 2Xtreme Racing
1488-480: The business. The DIFM market comprised auto repair professionals, fleet owners, governments and municipalities. CSK Auto was formed after a series of acquisitions in the auto parts space. In October 1971, Lucky Stores acquired Kragen Auto Supply with its 11 stores in a stock swap. Lucky also acquired Checker Auto Parts when it acquired Yellow Front Stores along with their corporate parent Valley Distributing for $ 45.9 million in stock in March 1978. In December 1983,
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1536-403: The final racing round, by about a truck length. Also, in 2011, the team took a hard hit, when Iron Outlaw driver Nick Owens died on August 13. His death was confirmed as a drowning. He was 30 years old and had just finished his rookie year and got rookie of the year in the seat of Iron Outlaw. In 2012, at World Finals 13, Creten brought a special half blue and half transparent paint scheme. This
1584-573: The first hit and scored a 4, thus ending him up in The Doghouse. https://archive.today/20130129000943/http://www.monsterjam.com/Bios/Drivers/Dawn_Creten/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100608143843/http://www.monsterjam.com/Bios/Drivers/Jimmy_Creten/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100506081147/http://www.monsterjam.com/Bios/Trucks/Bounty_Hunter/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100506081320/http://www.monsterjam.com/Bios/Trucks/Scarlet_Bandit/ Advance Auto Parts Advance Auto Parts, Inc.
1632-459: The full year 2023 $ 114.4 million, 1.0% of net sales (6.0% of net sales in 2022). Net cash provided by operating activities was $ 0.3 billion for the full year 2023. In November 2024, Advance Auto Parts announced it would close four distribution centers and more than 700 stores, including over 500 corporate locations and about 200 independently-owned stores, after a quarterly report showed a drop in profits. In April 1932, Arthur Taubman purchased
1680-734: The investment firm Carlyle for $ 1.5 billion. The closing of the Worldpac sale was announced on November 4, 2024. In July 2024, Advance Auto Parts announced a massive data breach in April–May 2024, exposing the name, social security numbers, birthdates, and other private information of over 2.3 million customers. The data breach was via Snowflake Inc. 's breach. The hacking group claimed to have records of 380 million customers in 3 terabytes of files. On November 14, 2024, Advance Auto Parts announced plans to close 523 corporate stores, 204 independently-owned locations, and four distribution centers by
1728-484: The middle of 2025. It also flagged that it will reduce its headcount, but did not provide details. The overhaul is expected to cost the company between $ 350 million and $ 750 million. From 2009 to 2013, Advance Auto Parts was a title sponsor of Monster Jam and sponsored a truck on the circuit called the Advance Auto Parts Grinder. In 2023, Advance Auto Parts took over as the official sponsor of
1776-546: The middle of the run in 2002, but had a spectacular finish on the trailer jump in 2004, then the truck got knocked off later by Debra Miceli in Madusa. He also did a 360-degree flip during bonus time in 2009, but landed on the roof, and going back to all 4 wheels, making it the WOW Factor of the night. Scarlet Bandit : Scarlet Bandit usually comes out early or in the middle of the freestyle. In 2005, she got big air and scored
1824-459: The past with racing teams as well, such as Alex Bowman , Tommy Baldwin Racing , and JR Motorsports . Advance became the primary sponsor of NHRA Funny Car driver Courtney Force , the winningest female Funny Car driver in the history, in December 2016. The agreement ran through the entire 2017 and 2018 seasons. Force's sister, Brittany Force , driving her dragster was sponsored by Advance for
1872-628: The prerace for the Samsung 500 NASCAR race at Texas in 2008, NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer and FOX analyst Jeff Hammond drove the Bounty Hunter truck (which was actually the Scarlet Bandit truck with a different body) for a feature segment of the show. In 2010, at World Finals 11, Dawn Creten and Scarlet Bandit competed in the 10 truck freestyle encore. In 2011, at World Finals 12, Creten lost to Tom Meents in Maximum Destruction in
1920-456: The relocation of its headquarters from Roanoke, Virginia to Raleigh, North Carolina . On December 23, 2019, Advance Auto Parts announced its purchase of the DieHard battery brand from Sears in a $ 200 million, all-cash deal. To promote the acquisition and availability of the brand at Advance and Carquest, the company hired Die Hard actor Bruce Willis to be part of a promotional film that
1968-414: The top 8 in 2007, and qualified 9th in 2008. Iron Outlaw : When Linsey Weenk drove the truck in 2006 and 2007, he made it to Round 3 both times, but lost to Blacksmith in 2006 and Captain's Curse in 2007. When Kreg Christensen drove the truck in 2008, he lost to his teammate, Bounty Hunter, in Round 1. Bounty Hunter : Bounty Hunter won the 2005 Freestyle World Championship with a score of 31, but then it
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2016-520: The two Bounty Hunter trucks, Dawn Creten drives the Scarlet Bandit truck, and Todd Morey drives Iron Outlaw. After attending a show in the Kingdome in 1995, Creten bought the "Shark Attack" monster truck and renamed it Bounty Hunter without knowing a truck with the same name, owned by Brian Bellini, already existed. After several years with the truck, he added a second truck named "2Xtreme", which would be driven by his wife, Dawn. While Bounty Hunter had
2064-655: The year. In November 2023, Advance Auto Parts announced it is exploring the sale of Worldpac and its Canadian business. In March 2024, Advance Auto Parts announced it appointed three new directors to its board and reached cooperation agreements with activist investors Third Point and Saddle Point Management. The investors then owned a five percent stake in Advance Auto Parts. The company was joined by Brent Windom, ex- CEO of Uni-Select, Gregory Smith, executive vice president at medical device company Medtronic and Thomas Seboldt, who worked at O'Reilly Automotive . In August 2024, Advance Auto Parts announced it had sold Worldpac to
2112-419: The years of 2002, 2003, and 2004. In November 2011, Jenkins was ordered to give back $ 2.8 million in bonus and stock profits. On April 1, 2008, O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. signed a deal to acquire all of CSK's common stock for approximately one billion dollars, including $ 500 million (~$ 695 million in 2023) of debt. At the time of the announcement, CSK had a total of 1,349 stores in 22 states operating under
2160-400: Was changed to a 37 after tie-breakers with Tony Farrell and Blue Thunder. Then, Jimmy Creten has driven it to second place in 2009 and 2012. The truck has broken a back wheel off in 2006, 2008 and 2015, thus ending his run. He has broken down early in the run in 2003, 2007, 2016 and 2018. The truck did not compete for freestyle in 2013, due to a blown engine during Racing. He flipped the truck in
2208-531: Was in 1998 when the company acquired the remaining operations of Western Auto , an auto parts and general store retailer. Most of the Western Auto operations had been taken over by Sears, Roebuck and Co. in 1987. Then, in April 2001, Advance Auto Parts acquired Carport Auto Parts, a regional retail chain with 29 stores in Alabama and Mississippi. On November 28, Advance acquired Discount Auto Parts, Inc.,
2256-469: Was released during the 2020 holiday season. In March 2021, Advance announced its plans to lease the retail space of 109 Pep Boys stores in California and convert them to Advance stores, enabling the company to expand its retail footprint in a strategic market. On September 11, 2023, Shane O'Kelly succeeded Tom Greco as president and CEO of Advance. Greco announced his planned retirement earlier in
2304-442: Was the first time Jimmy Creten changes the paint job for Bounty Hunter, which has since become a tradition at every World Finals to date, similar to Avenger , as well as completing his first backflip at the same show. In 2013, at World Finals 14, Creten brought a special grey paint scheme. This version did not compete in freestyle due to a blown engine in Racing. In 2015, Bounty Hunter celebrated its 20th anniversary. Creten brought
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