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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.44

                                    REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT, dated as of March
                           6, 2003, among ADVANCE STORES COMPANY, INCORPORATED,
                           a Virginia corporation (the "Borrower"), ADVANCE AUTO
                           PARTS, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"),
                           each subsidiary of Holdings listed on the signature
                           pages hereof (collectively, the "Subsidiary Loan
                           Parties" and, together with the Borrower and
                           Holdings, the "Reaffirming Parties") and JPMORGAN
                           CHASE BANK ("JPMCB"), as Administrative Agent and
                           Collateral Agent under the Restated Credit Agreement
                           referred to below.

                  WHEREAS Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, and
JPMCB have entered into an Amendment and Restatement Agreement (the "Amendment
and Restatement Agreement"), dated as of March 6, 2003, which amends and
restates the Credit Agreement dated as of November 28, 2001, as amended and
restated as of June 28, 2002 (the "Existing Credit Agreement", and, as amended
and restated after giving effect to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, the
"Restated Credit Agreement"), among Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders from
time to time party thereto and JPMCB, as Administrative Agent;

                  WHEREAS each of the Reaffirming Parties is party to one or
more of the Security Documents (such term and each other capitalized term used
but not defined herein having the meaning assigned in the Restated Credit
Agreement), the Guarantee Agreement, the Indemnity, Subrogation and Contribution
Agreement (the Security Documents, the Guarantee Agreement and the Indemnity,
Subrogation and Contribution Agreement, are collectively referred to herein as
the "Reaffirmed Documents");

                  WHEREAS each Reaffirming Party expects to realize, or has
realized, substantial direct and indirect benefits as a result of the Amendment
and Restatement Agreement becoming effective and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby; and

                  WHEREAS the execution and delivery of this Agreement is a
condition precedent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the
Amendment and Restatement Agreement.

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                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                     Reaffirmation/Amendment and Restatement

                  SECTION 1.01. Reaffirmation. (a) Each of the Reaffirming
Parties hereby consents to the Amendment and Restatement Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby and hereby confirms its respective guarantees,
pledges, grants of security interests and other agreements, as applicable, under
each of the Reaffirmed Documents to which it is party, and agrees that
notwithstanding the effectiveness of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, such guarantees,
pledges, grants of security interests and other agreements shall continue to be
in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Lenders under
the Restated Credit Agreement. Each of the Reaffirming Parties further agrees to
take any action that may be required or that is reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent to ensure compliance by Holdings and the Borrower with
Sections 5.12 and 5.13 of the Restated Credit Agreement to the extent such
covenant pertains to such Reaffirming Party and hereby reaffirms its obligations
under each similar provision of each Reaffirmed Document to which it is party.

                  (b) Each of the Reaffirming Parties hereby confirms and agrees
that the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Tranche A-1 Term Loans
and the Tranche C-1 Term Loans constitute Obligations under each of the
Reaffirmed Documents.

                  SECTION 1.02. Amendment and Restatement. On and after the
effectiveness of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement, (i) each reference in
each Reaffirmed Document to the "Credit Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof" or
words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Restated Credit
Agreement as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented and in
effect from time to time and (ii) the definition of any term defined in any
Reaffirmed Document by reference to the terms defined in the "Credit Agreement"
shall be amended to be defined by reference to the defined term in the Restated
Credit Agreement, as the same may be

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amended, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time.

                                   ARTICLE II

                         Representations and Warranties

                  Each Reaffirming Party hereby represents and warrants, which
representations and warranties shall survive execution and delivery of this
Agreement, as follows:

                  SECTION 2.01. Organization. Such Reaffirming Party is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization.

                  SECTION 2.02. Authority; Enforceability. Such Reaffirming
Party has the power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms
and provisions of this Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize
the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement. Such
Reaffirming Party has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this
Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms.

                  SECTION 2.03. Reaffirmed Documents. The representations and
warranties of such Reaffirming Party contained in each Reaffirmed Document are
true and correct on and as of the date hereof with the same effect as though
made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and
warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such
representations and warranties shall have been true and correct as of such
earlier date).

                                   ARTICLE III

                                  Miscellaneous

                  SECTION 3.01. Notices. All notices and other communications
hereunder shall be made at the addresses, in the manner and with the effect
provided in Article IX of the Restated Credit Agreement; provided that, for this
purpose, the address of each Reaffirming Party shall be the one specified for
the Borrower under the Restated Credit Agreement.

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                  SECTION 3.02. Expenses. Each Reaffirming Party agrees to pay
all reasonable costs, fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees
and time charges of attorneys for JPMCB or any Lender, which attorneys may be
employees of JPMCB or any Lender) incurred by JPMCB or any Lender in collecting
or enforcing any Reaffirming Party's obligations under this Agreement.

                  SECTION 3.03. Loan Document. This Agreement is a Loan Document
executed pursuant to the Restated Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise
expressly indicated herein) be construed, administered and applied in accordance
with the terms and provisions thereof.

                  SECTION 3.04. Section Captions. Section captions used in this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
construction of this Agreement.

                  SECTION 3.05. Severability. Wherever possible each provision
of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and
valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be
prohibited by or invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective to
the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder
of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

                  SECTION 3.06. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns.

                  SECTION 3.07. Amendment. This Agreement may be waived,
modified or amended only by a written agreement executed by each of the parties
hereto.

                  SECTION 3.08. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original
but all of which shall together constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery
of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or
other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement.

                  SECTION 3.09. No Novation. Neither this Agreement nor the
execution, delivery or effectiveness of the Amendment and Restatement Agreement
shall extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the
Amendment and Restatement Agreement or the Restated Credit

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Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Security Document
or any other security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a
substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Existing
Credit Agreement or instruments securing the same, which shall remain in full
force and effect, except to any extent modified hereby or by instruments
executed concurrently herewith. Nothing implied in this Agreement, the Amendment
and Restatement Agreement or in any other document contemplated hereby or
thereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of Holdings, the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party under any Loan Document from any of its
obligations and liabilities as "Holdings", the "Borrower", a "Subsidiary Loan
Party", a "Pledgor" or a "Grantor" under the Restated Credit Agreement or the
Loan Documents. Each of the Existing Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents
shall remain in full force and effect, until (as applicable) and except to any
extent modified hereby or by the Amendment and Restatement Agreement or in
connection herewith and therewith.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Reaffirming Party and JPMCB, as
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, have caused this Agreement
to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

                                              ADVANCE AUTO PARTS, INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              ADVANCE STORES COMPANY,
                                              INCORPORATED,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              ADVANCE TRUCKING CORPORATION,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

                                              WESTERN AUTO OF PUERTO RICO,
                                              INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller


                                              WESTERN AUTO OF ST. THOMAS,
                                              INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller

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                                              WASCO INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller


                                              ADVANCE MERCHANDISING COMPANY,
                                              INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller


                                              ADVANCE AIRCRAFT COMPANY,
                                              INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller


                                              DISCOUNT AUTO PARTS, INC.,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller


                                              DAP ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION,

                                                By: /s/ JEFFREY T. GRAY
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                  Name:  Jeffrey T. Gray
                                                  Title: SVP and Controller


                                              JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as
                                              Administrative Agent,

                                                By: /s/ NEIL R. BOYLAN
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                                                  Name:  Neil R. Boylan
                                                  Title: Managing Director