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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.21

                        AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
                             2002 STOCK OPTION PLAN

1.       Purpose.

         The purpose of this 2002 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") of American
Tire Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), is to attract
and retain employees (including officers), directors and independent contractors
of the Company, or any Subsidiary or Affiliate which now exists or hereafter is
organized or acquired, and to furnish additional incentives to such persons to
enhance the value of the Company over the long term by encouraging them to
acquire a proprietary interest in the Company.

2.       Definitions.

         For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set
forth below:

                  (a) "Affiliate" means any entity if, at the time of granting
of an Option, (i) the Company, directly, owns at least 20% of the combined
voting power of all classes of stock of such entity or at least 20% of the
ownership interests in such entity or (ii) such entity, directly or indirectly,
owns at least 20% of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the
Company.

                  (b) "Beneficiary" means the person, persons, trust or trusts
which have been designated by an Optionee in his or her most recent written
beneficiary designation filed with the Company to receive the Optionee's rights
under the Plan upon the Optionee's death, or, if there is no such designation or
no such designated person survives the Optionee, then the person, persons, trust
or trusts entitled by will or applicable law to receive such rights or, if no
such person has such right then the Optionee's executor or administrator.

                  (c) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

                  (d) "Change in Control" means the first to occur of any of the
following: (i) the sale (including by merger, consolidation or sale of stock of
subsidiaries or any other method) of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any person
or entity not directly or indirectly controlled by the holders of at least 50%
of the Combined Voting Power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of the Company as of the date
of determination), (ii) at any time prior to the consummation of an initial
public offering of Stock of the Company or other common stock of the Company
having the voting power to elect directors, a transaction (except pursuant to
such initial public offering) resulting in the Principal Shareholders owning,
collectively, less than 50% of the Combined Voting Power of the then outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of
the Company as of the date of determination), (iii) at any time after the
consummation of an initial public offering of Stock of the Company or other
common stock of the Company having the voting power to elect directors, the
acquisition (except pursuant to such initial public offering) by any person or
entity (other than the Principal Shareholders) not directly or indirectly
controlled by the Company's stockholders of more than 30% of the Combined Voting
Power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (excluding
shares owned by employees of the Company as of the date of determination), (iv)
individuals serving as directors of the Company on the Effective Date and who
were nominated or selected to serve as directors by one or more Principal
Shareholders (together with any new directors whose election was approved by a
vote of (A) such individuals or directors whose election was

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previously so approved or (B) Principal Shareholders holding a majority of the
aggregate voting power of the capital stock of the Company held by all Principal
Shareholders) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of the
Company, (v) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution
of the Company in connection with an equity investment or sale or a business
combination transaction or (vi) any other event or transaction that the Board of
the Company deems to be a Change in Control.

                  (e) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.

                  (f) "Combined Voting Power" with respect to capital stock of
the Company means the number of votes such stock is normally entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in an election of directors
of the Company.

                  (g) "Committee" means the committee, consisting of at least
two members of the Board, established by the Board to administer the Plan.

                  (h) "Company" means American Tire Distributors, Inc.,
(formerly known as Heafner Tire Group, Inc.) a corporation organized under the
laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor corporation.

                  (i) "Effective Date" is defined in Section 8(i).

                  (j) "Fair Market Value" means, with respect to Stock or other
property, the fair market value of such Stock or other property determined by
such methods or procedures as shall be established from time to time by the
Board acting in its sole discretion and in good faith.

                  (k) "ISO" means any Option (or portion thereof) intended to be
and designated as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of
the Code.

                  (l) "NQSO" means any Option not designated as an ISO.

                  (m) "Option" means a right, granted to an Optionee under
Section 6(b) of the Plan, to purchase shares of Stock, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Plan. An Option (or portion thereof) may be either an ISO or
an NQSO, provided that ISOs may be granted only to employees of the Company or a
Subsidiary.

                  (n) "Optionee" means a person who, as an employee, director or
independent contractor of the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate, has been
granted an Option.

                  (o) "Plan" means this American Tire Distributors, Inc. 2002
Stock Option Plan, as amended from time to time.

                  (p) "Principal Shareholders" means (i) Charlesbank Equity Fund
IV, Limited Partnership and the investors in such fund, (ii) Charlesbank Equity
Fund IV G.P. Limited Partnership, (iii) Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC (and
any other fund managed by Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC), (iv) any investor
(other than The 1818 Mezzanine Fund, L.P.) whose investment in the Company is
approved by the representative of management on the board of the Company, (v)
any new investors in the Company designated as Principal Shareholders by
Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC within one year of the initial investment by
Charlesbank Equity Fund IV, Limited Partnership, and (vi) any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity a majority of the capital
stock or other ownership interests of which are directly or indirectly owned by
any of the foregoing.

                  (q) "Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share,
of the Company.

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                  (r) "Stock Option Agreement" means any written agreement,
contract, or other instrument or document evidencing an Option.

                  (s) "Subsidiary" means any corporation in which the Company,
directly or indirectly, owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock of such corporation.

                  (t) "Ten Percent Shareholder" means a person or persons who
own, directly or indirectly, more than 10% of the total combined voting power of
all classes of stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

3.       Administration.

         The Plan shall be administered by the Committee which shall consist of
a committee of not less than two persons appointed by the Board. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, following the first registration of any equity security of the
Company pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act, the composition of the Committee
may, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, be adjusted to the extent
required in order for the Company to rely on the exemptive relief provided under
Rule 16b-3, as it may be amended from time to time, promulgated pursuant to
Section 16 of the 1934 Act, and to comply with the requirements of Section
162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. The Committee
shall have full power to construe and interpret the Plan, to establish rules for
its administration and to grant Options. The Committee may establish rules
setting forth terms and conditions for a specified group of Options. The
Committee may act by a majority of a quorum (a quorum being a majority of the
members of such Committee) present at a called meeting or by unanimous written
consent of all of its members. All actions taken and decisions made by the Board
or the Committee pursuant to the Plan shall be binding and conclusive on all
persons interested in the Plan.

4.       Eligibility.

         Options may be granted in the discretion of the Committee to employees
(including officers), directors and independent contractors of the Company and
its present or future Subsidiaries and Affiliates. In determining the persons to
whom Options shall be granted and the type of Options granted (including the
number of shares to be covered by such Options), the Committee shall take into
account such factors as the Committee shall deem relevant in connection with
accomplishing the purposes of the Plan.

5.       Stock Subject to the Plan.

         The maximum number of shares of Stock reserved for the grant of Options
under the Plan shall be 2,269,889 shares of Stock, subject to adjustment as
provided herein. Such shares may, in whole or in part, be authorized but
unissued shares or shares that shall have been or may be reacquired by the
Company in private transactions or otherwise. The number of shares of Stock
available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by the number of shares
of Stock subject to outstanding Options. To the fullest extent permitted under
Section 422 of the Code, if any shares subject to an Option are forfeited,
canceled, exchanged or surrendered or if an Option otherwise terminates or
expires without a distribution of shares to the Optionee, the shares of Stock
with respect to such Option shall, to the extent of any such forfeiture,
cancellation, exchange, surrender, termination or expiration, again be available
for Options under the Plan. In no event shall any Optionee acquire, pursuant to
any awards of Options under this Plan, more than 80% of the aggregate number of
shares of Stock reserved for awards under the Plan.

         In the event of any change in corporate capitalization (including, but
not limited to, a change in the number of shares of Stock outstanding), such as
a stock split or a corporate transaction, such as any

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merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other distribution
of stock or property of the Company, any reorganization (whether or not such
reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368 of the
Code) or any partial or complete liquidation of the Company, the Committee or
Board may make such substitution or adjustments in the aggregate number and kind
of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan and the maximum limitation upon
Options to be granted to any Optionee, in the number, kind and option price of
shares subject to outstanding Options and/or such other equitable substitution
or adjustments as it may determine to be appropriate in its sole discretion;
provided, however, that the number of shares subject to any Option shall always
be a whole number. In the event of a corporate merger, consolidation,
acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or liquidation, the
Board shall be authorized to cause the Company to issue or assume stock options,
whether or not in transaction to which Section 424(a) of the Code applies, by
means of substitution of new stock options for previously issued stock options
or an assumption of previously issued stock options. In such event, the
aggregate number of shares of the Stock available for issuance under this
Section 5 will be increased to reflect such substitution or assumption.

6.       Specific Terms of Options.

                  (a) General. Options may be granted at the discretion of the
Committee. The term of each Option shall be for such period as may be determined
by the Committee. The Committee may make rules relating to Options, and may
impose on any Option or the exercise thereof, at the date of grant or
thereafter, such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine.

                  (b) Options. The Committee is authorized to grant Options to
Optionees on the following terms and conditions:

                           (i) Type of Option. The Stock Option Agreement
                  evidencing the grant of an Option under the Plan shall
                  designate the Option as an ISO (in the event its terms, and
                  the individual to whom it is granted, satisfy the requirements
                  for ISOs under the Code), or an NQSO.

                           (ii) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of
                  Stock purchasable under an Option shall be determined by the
                  Committee; provided that, in the case of an ISO, (i) such
                  exercise price shall be not less than the Fair Market Value of
                  a share of Stock on the date of grant of such Option or such
                  other exercise price as may be required by the Code, and (ii)
                  if the Optionee is a Ten Percent Shareholder, such exercise
                  price shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of
                  a share of Stock on the date of grant of such Option, in no
                  event shall the exercise price for the purchase of shares of
                  Stock be less than par value and the term of the Option shall
                  be no more than five years. Options shall be exercised by (i)
                  giving written notice thereof to the Company, and (ii) paying
                  the exercise price. In addition to any other method of payment
                  which may be acceptable to the Committee, if permitted by the
                  Committee in its sole discretion at the time of exercise,
                  payment may be effected, either in whole or in part, by the
                  surrender to the Company of outstanding Stock. Any Stock so
                  surrendered shall be valued at the Fair Market Value on the
                  date on which such shares are surrendered.

                           (iii) Term and Exercisability of Options. The date on
                  which the Committee adopts a resolution expressly granting an
                  Option shall be considered the day on which such Option is
                  granted. Options shall be exercisable over the exercise period
                  (which shall not exceed ten years from the date of grant), at
                  such times and upon such conditions as the Committee may
                  determine, as reflected in the Stock Option Agreement. As a
                  condition to exercising any Option, the Optionee shall
                  exercise and deliver to the

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                  Company an agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit A
                  hereto or in such other form as the Company may reasonably
                  require.

                           (iv) Termination of Employment, etc. An Option may
                  not be exercised unless the Optionee is then in the employ or
                  a director of, or then maintains an independent contractor
                  relationship with, the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate
                  (or a company or a parent or subsidiary company of such
                  company issuing or assuming the Option in a transaction to
                  which Section 424(a) of the Code applies), and unless the
                  Optionee has continuously maintained any of such relationships
                  since the date of grant of the Option; provided that, the
                  Stock Option Agreement may contain provisions extending the
                  exercisability of Options, in the event of specified
                  terminations, to a date not later than the expiration date of
                  such Option. The Committee may establish a period during which
                  the Beneficiaries of an Optionee who died while an employee,
                  director or independent contractor of the Company or any
                  Subsidiary or Affiliate or during any extended period referred
                  to in the immediately preceding proviso may exercise those
                  Options which were exercisable on the date of the Optionee's
                  death; provided that no Option shall be exercisable after its
                  expiration date.

                           (v) Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in
                  this Section 6(b)(v), Options are not transferable other than
                  as designated by the Optionee, in his or her most recently
                  filed Beneficiary designation filed with the Company, or if
                  there is no such designation or no such designated person
                  survives the Optionee, as designated by the Optionee by will
                  or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during the
                  Optionee's life, may be exercised only by the Optionee.
                  However, an Optionee, with the approval of the Committee, may
                  transfer Options for no consideration to or for the benefit of
                  the Optionee's Immediate Family or to a partnership or limited
                  liability company for one or more members of the Optionee's
                  Immediate Family, subject to such limits as the Committee may
                  establish, and the transferee shall remain subject to all the
                  terms and conditions applicable to Options prior to such
                  transfer. The foregoing right to transfer Options shall apply
                  to the right to consent to amendments to the Stock Option
                  Agreement and, in the discretion of the Committee, shall also
                  apply to the right to transfer ancillary rights associated
                  with Options. The term "Immediate Family" shall mean the
                  Optionee's spouse, parents, children, stepchildren, adoptive
                  relationships, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews and
                  grandchildren (and, for this purpose, shall also include the
                  Optionee).

                           (vi) Other Provisions. Options may be subject to such
                  other conditions as the Committee may prescribe in its
                  discretion.

7.       Change in Control Provisions.

         Upon a Change in Control, the treatment of each Option issued under the
Plan shall be as set forth in the applicable Stock Option Agreement. Nothing
contained herein shall prevent the substitution of a new option by the Company
after a Change in Control.

8.       General Provisions.

                  (a) Fair Market Value of Common Stock. In determining the Fair
Market Value of the Stock for purposes of the Plan, the Board may rely on a
valuation report by an investment banking or valuation firm selected by the
Board. In the event the Stock becomes listed on any national stock exchange or
quoted on the national market quotations system, the Fair Market Value of the
Stock shall, as of any day, be the closing price for the immediately preceding
trading day.

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                  (b) Compliance with Legal and Exchange Requirements. The Plan,
the granting and exercising of Options thereunder, and the other obligations of
the Company under the Plan and any Stock Option Agreement, shall be subject to
all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and to such
approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may be required. The
Company, in its discretion, may postpone the issuance or delivery of Stock under
any Option until completion of such stock exchange listing or registration or
qualification of such Stock or other required action under any state, federal or
foreign law, rule or regulation as the Company may consider appropriate, and may
require any Optionee to make such representations and furnish such information
as it may consider appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of
Stock in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

                  (c) No Right to Continued Employment, etc. Nothing in the Plan
or in any Option granted or Stock Option Agreement entered into pursuant to the
Plan shall confer upon any Optionee the right to continue in the employ of, or
to continue as a director of or an independent contractor to, the Company, any
Subsidiary or any Affiliate, as the case may be, or to be entitled to any
remuneration or benefits not set forth in the Plan or such Stock Option
Agreement or to interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or
any such Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate such Optionee's employment,
directorship or independent contractor relationship.

                  (d) Taxes. The Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate is
authorized to withhold from any Option granted, any payment relating to an
Option under the Plan (including from a distribution of Stock), or any other
payment to an Optionee, amounts of withholding and other taxes due in connection
with any transaction involving an Option, and to take such other action as the
Committee may deem advisable to enable the Company and an Optionee to satisfy
obligations for the payment of withholding taxes and other tax obligations
relating to any Option. This authority shall include authority to withhold or
receive Stock or other property and to make cash payments in respect thereof in
satisfaction of an Optionee's tax obligations.

                  (e) Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Board may at
any time and from time to time alter, amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan in
whole or in part. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment shall affect
adversely any of the rights of any Optionee, without such Optionee's consent,
under any Option theretofore granted under the Plan.

                  (f) No Rights to Options; No Stockholder Rights. No person
shall have any claim to be granted any Option under the Plan, and there is no
obligation for uniformity of treatment of Optionees. Except as provided
specifically herein, an Optionee or a transferee of an Option shall have no
rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares covered by the Option until
the date of the issuance of a stock certificate to such Optionee for such
shares.

                  (g) Unfunded Status of Options. The Plan is intended to
constitute an "unfunded" plan for incentive and deferred compensation. Nothing
contained in the Plan or any Option shall give any such Optionee any rights that
are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company.

                  (h) Governing Law. The Plan and all determinations made and
actions taken pursuant hereto shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

                  (i) Effective Date; Plan Termination. (1) The Plan shall take
effect upon its adoption by the Board (the "Effective Date"), but the Plan (and
any grants of Options made prior to the stockholder approval mentioned herein),
shall be subject to the approval of the holder(s) of a majority of the issued
and outstanding shares of voting securities of the Company entitled to vote,
which approval must occur within twelve months of the date the Plan is adopted
by the Board. In the absence of such approval, such Options shall be null and
void; (2) The Board may terminate the Plan at any time with

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respect to any shares of Stock that are not subject to Options. Unless
terminated earlier by the Board, the Plan shall terminate ten years after the
Effective Date and no Options shall be granted under the Plan after such date.
Termination of the Plan under this Section 8(i) will not affect the rights and
obligations of any Optionee with respect to Options granted prior to
termination.

                  (j) No Restriction on Right of Company to Effect Corporate
Changes. The Plan shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Company
or its stockholders to make or authorize any or all adjustments,
recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the capital structure or
business of the Company, or any merger or consolidation of the Company, or any
issue of stock or of options, warrants or rights to purchase stock or of bonds,
debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks whose rights are superior to or
affect the Stock or the rights thereof or which are convertible into or
exchangeable for Stock, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or any
sale or transfer of all or any part of the assets or business of the Company, or
any other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or
otherwise.

                  (k) 1934 Act. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan
or any Stock Option Agreement to the contrary, if the consummation of any
transaction under the Plan would result in the possible imposition of liability
on an Optionee pursuant to Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act, the Committee shall
have the right, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated, to defer
such transaction to the extent necessary to avoid such liability, but in no
event for a period in excess of 180 days.

                  (l) Compliance with Legal and Exchange Requirements. The Plan,
the granting and exercising of Options thereunder, and the other obligations of
the Company under the Plan and any Stock Option Agreement, shall be subject to
all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and to such
approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may be required. The
Company, in its discretion, may postpone the issuance or delivery of Stock under
any Option until completion of such stock exchange listing or registration or
qualification of such Stock or other required action under any state, federal or
foreign law, rule or regulation as the Company may consider appropriate, and may
require any Optionee to make such representations and furnish such information
as it may consider appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of
Stock in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.22

                        AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Number of shares subject to option: 357,140

         This Agreement (the "Agreement") made this 12th day of June, 2002,
between American Tire Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and William E. Berry (the "Optionee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

1.       Grant of Option.

         Pursuant to the provisions of American Tire Distributors, Inc. 2002
Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), the Company hereby grants to the Optionee,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and subject further to the terms
and conditions herein set forth, the right and option (the "Option") to purchase
from the Company all or any part of an aggregate of 357,140 shares of the Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock" or the
"Shares") at a purchase price of $1.40 per Share (the "Exercise Price"), such
Option to be exercised as hereinafter provided.

2.       Terms and Conditions.

         It is understood and agreed that the Option evidenced hereby is subject
to the following terms and conditions:

                  (a) Expiration Date. The Option shall expire on the tenth
anniversary of the date hereof (the "Expiration Date").

                  (b) Type of Option. This Option is intended to be eligible to
be an incentive stock option (an "Incentive Stock Option") within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code");
provided that to the extent this Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock
Option, it shall constitute a nonqualified stock option under the Code.

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                  (c) Exercise of Option. (i) Subject to the other terms of this
Agreement regarding the exercisability of this Option, the Options will vest and
be exercisable in accordance with the following schedule, which shall continue
to apply from and after the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in
this Agreement or as defined in any employment, executive severance or similar
agreement to which the Optionee is a party):

                                             Options Exercisable with respect to
                       On or After               Cumulative Number of Shares
                       -----------           -----------------------------------
                   the date of this Agreement               71,428
                   January 1, 2003                          71,428
                   January 1, 2004                          71,428
                   January 1, 2005                          71,428
                   January 1, 2006                          71,428

                  (ii) (A) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), upon the termination
of Optionee's employment (1) by the Company without Cause (as defined below), by
the Optionee for Good Reason (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death,
in each case, at any time after a Qualifying Change in Control (as defined
below) or (2) by the Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a
Specified Cause Event (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death, in each
case, more than six months after a Qualifying Change in Control, the Optionee
shall be entitled to receive an amount (the "Unvested Option Amount"), payable
within five business days after demand by the Optionee or his personal
representative, equal to (x) the excess (if any) of (1) the fair market value of
all cash and freely tradable securities received by the Principal Shareholders
in exchange for each share of Common Stock or security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (giving effect to such
conversion, exercise or exchange for this purpose) sold by the Principal
Shareholders in connection with such Qualifying Change of Control over (2) the
Exercise Price multiplied by (y) the number of Shares not yet vested in
accordance with the above schedule as of the effective time of such Qualifying
Change in Control. For purpose of clause (x)(1) of the immediately preceding
sentence, the "fair market value" of a security on any date of determination
shall be the mean average of the daily closing prices or last sale prices of
such security for each of the 15 preceding days preceding such date during which
the securities exchange or market quotation system on which such security is
listed or quoted was open for business. Prior to the consummation of a
Qualifying Change in Control, the Company shall take all actions reasonably
necessary, in the good faith judgment of the Board, to ensure that (i) a
successor to the Company or transferee of assets of the Company, as appropriate,
(the "Successor Entity") assumes the obligations of the Company under this
Section 2(c)(ii)(A) and (ii) the Successor Entity provides for the issuance of a
letter of credit, establishment of an escrow account containing cash or
investment grade securities, grant of a security interest in specified property,
guaranty or similar security or credit support arrangement (in each case, on
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Optionee) to secure amounts that may become
due in respect of any Unvested Option Amount.

                  (B) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), all of the Options shall
become fully vested

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and exercisable immediately upon the termination of Optionee's employment (1) by
the Company without Cause or by the Optionee for Good Reason at any time after a
Change in Control (other than a Qualifying Change in Control); (2) by the
Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a Specified Cause Event (as
defined below) more than six months after a Change in Control (other than a
Qualifying Change in Control); or (3) due to the Optionee's death.

                  (C) When used in this Agreement:

                           "Change in Control" means the first to occur of any
         of the following: (i) the sale (including by merger, consolidation or
         sale of stock of subsidiaries or any other method) of all or
         substantially all of the assets of the Company and its consolidated
         subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any person or entity not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the holders of at least 50% of the Combined
         Voting Power (as defined in the Plan) of the then outstanding shares of
         capital stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of
         the Company as of the date of determination), (ii) at any time prior to
         the consummation of an initial public offering of Common Stock of the
         Company or other common stock of the Company having the voting power to
         elect directors, a transaction (except pursuant to such initial public
         offering) resulting in the Principal Shareholders (as defined in the
         Plan) owning, collectively, less than 50% of the Combined Voting Power
         of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
         (excluding shares owned by employees of the Company as of the date of
         determination), (iii) at any time after the consummation of an initial
         public offering of Common Stock of the Company or other common stock of
         the Company having the voting power to elect directors, the acquisition
         (except pursuant to such initial public offering) by any person or
         entity (other than the Principal Shareholders) not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the Company's stockholders of more than 30% of
         the Combined Voting Power of the then outstanding shares of capital
         stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of the
         Company as of the date of determination), (iv) individuals serving as
         directors of the Company on the Effective Date (as defined in the Plan)
         and who were nominated or selected to serve as directors by one or more
         Principal Shareholders (together with any new directors whose election
         was approved by a vote of (A) such individuals or directors whose
         election was previously so approved or (B) Principal Shareholders
         holding a majority of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock
         of the Company held by all Principal Shareholders) cease for any reason
         to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
         "Board"), (v) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
         dissolution of the Company in connection with an equity investment or
         sale or a business combination transaction or (vi) any other event or
         transaction that the Board deems to be a Change in Control.

                           "Specified Cause Event" means (1) a proven or
         admitted act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement by the Optionee
         that is detrimental to the Company or (2) the Optionee's conviction of
         or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony that is related to the
         Company or the performance of the Optionee's services for the Company.

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                           "Qualifying Change in Control" means a Change in
         Control of the type specified in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition
         thereof in which the Principal Shareholders receive cash or freely
         tradable securities or both in exchange for shares of Common Stock (or
         securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares
         of Common Stock) of the Company sold by the Principal Shareholders in
         connection therewith.

                  (iii) Options exercised in any one year shall be deducted from
the number of Options exercisable in any future year. Once vested, this Option
shall be exercisable at the following times prior to the expiration date: (A) if
the Optionee is employed by the Company at the time of exercise, at any time by
giving the Company 45 days' advance written notice or (B) if the Optionee is not
employed by the Company at the time of exercise but has the right to exercise
after termination in accordance with Section 2(d) of this Agreement, by giving
the Company written notice at any time during the period specified in Section
2(d) of this Agreement, in which case the Option shall be deemed exercised as of
the end of the calendar month in which the Company received notice of exercise
of the Option. In either case, the notice of exercise shall specify the number
of Shares as to which the Option is being exercised.

                  (iv) Upon receipt of written notice of exercise by the
Company, the Company shall, upon full payment in cash to the Company of the
Exercise Price of the Shares as to which the Option shall be exercised, issue to
the Optionee the Shares subject to the Option. Any issuance of Shares to an
Optionee pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made by the Company within
90 days after the date of exercise. For purposes of this Agreement only, the
fair market value of Shares shall be determined by such methods or procedures as
shall be established from time to time by the Board acting in its sole
discretion and in good faith. In making such determinations, the Board may rely
on a valuation report by an investment banking or valuation firm selected by the
Board. The Committee established by the Board to administer the Plan (the
"Committee") may, in its sole discretion, permit the Optionee to pay the
Exercise Price in previously acquired Shares rather than in cash.

                  (d) Exercise Upon Death or Termination of Employment.

                           (i) If the Optionee dies while an employee of the
Company, the Optionee's Designee may exercise the Option, to the extent it was
vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company written notice of such
exercise within 24 months after the date of Optionee's death, but in no event
later than the Expiration Date. An Optionee's "Designee" means the person
designated by the Optionee in his or her most recently filed beneficiary
designation filed with the Company to receive the Optionee's rights under the
Plan upon the Optionee's death, or if there is no such designation or no such
designated person survives the Optionee, by the person or persons to whom the
Optionee's rights pass by will or applicable law, or if no such person has such
right, by his executors or administrators.

                           (ii) If the Company shall terminate Optionee's
employment with the Company because of disability, the Optionee may exercise the
Option to the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the
Company written notice of such exercise within 24

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months after the date of termination of employment, but in no event later than
the Expiration Date.

                           (iii) If the Optionee terminates his employment with
the Company other than for Good Reason, the Optionee may exercise the Option to
the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company
written notice of such exercise within 90 days after the date of termination of
employment, but in no event later then the Expiration Date. For purposes of this
Agreement, "Good Reason" has the meaning set forth in the executive severance or
employment agreement, if any, then in effect between the Company and the
Optionee or, in the absence of such agreement shall mean, if the basis for such
Good Reason is not cured within a reasonable period of time (determined in light
of the cure appropriate to the basis of such Good Reason, but in no event less
than 15 days), the failure of the Company to pay any undisputed amount due to
the Optionee in connection with his employment by the Company.

                           (iv) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
any reason other than death, disability or Cause (as hereinafter defined), or if
the Optionee shall terminate his employment with the Company for Good Reason,
the Optionee may exercise the Option to the extent it was vested on the date of
termination or, otherwise would have vested in the 12 months thereafter, in
either event according to the applicable vesting schedule in Section 3(c)(i), by
giving the Company written notice of such exercise within 24 months after the
date of termination of employment, but in no event later than the Expiration
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee shall forfeit his right to
exercise any Options that would have vested within the 12 months after
termination, if the Optionee violates the terms regarding non-competition set
forth in the Optionee's executive severance or employment agreement.

                           (v) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
Cause, all right to exercise the Option shall terminate at the date of such
termination of employment. For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" has the
meaning set forth in the executive severance or employment agreement, if any,
then in effect between the Company and the Optionee or, in the absence of such
agreement, shall mean (i) the Optionee's conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony, (ii) the Optionee's gross negligence in the performance
of his duties as an employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the
Company, (iii) the Optionee's knowingly dishonest act, or knowing bad faith or
willful misconduct in the performance of his duties as an employee, officer,
director or independent contractor of the Company, or (iv) the Optionee's
material breach of any confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation,
agreement to assign work product and inventions or similar covenant or agreement
of the Optionee.

                           (vi) In the event of termination of employment, if an
Incentive Stock Option is exercised after the expiration of the exercise periods
that apply for purposes of Section 422 of the Code, such stock option shall
thereafter be treated as a nonqualified stock option.

                  (e) Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 2(e), the Option is not transferable other than as designated by the
Optionee in his or her most recently filed Beneficiary designation filed with
the Company, or if there is no such

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designation or no such designated person survives the Optionee, as designated by
the Optionee, by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during the
Optionee's life, may be exercised only by the Optionee. However, an Optionee,
with the approval of the Committee, may transfer the Option for no consideration
to or for the benefit of the Optionee's Immediate Family or to a partnership or
limited liability company for one or more members of the Optionee's Immediate
Family, subject to such limits as the Committee may establish, and the
transferee shall remain subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to
Options prior to such transfer. The foregoing right to transfer the Option shall
apply to the right to consent to amendments to this Agreement and, in the
discretion of the Committee, shall also apply to the right to transfer ancillary
rights associated with the Option. The term "Immediate Family" shall mean the
Optionee's spouse, parents, children, stepchildren, adoptive relationships,
sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews and grandchildren (and, for this purpose,
shall also include the Optionee).

                  (f) Adjustments. In the event of any change in corporate
capitalization (including, but not limited to, a change in the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding), such as a stock split or a corporate transaction,
such as any merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other
distribution of stock or property of the Company, any reorganization (whether or
not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368
of the Code) or any partial or complete liquidation of the Company, the
Committee or Board may make such substitution or adjustments in the number, kind
and option price of shares subject to the Option and/or such other equitable
substitution or adjustments as it may determine to be appropriate in its sole
discretion; provided, however, that the number of shares subject to the Option
shall always be a whole number. In the event of a corporate merger,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or
liquidation, the Board shall be authorized to cause the Company to issue or
assume stock options, whether or not in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of
the Code applies, by means of substitution of new stock options for previously
issued stock options or an assumption of previously issued stock options.

                  (g) No Rights as Stockholder. The Optionee shall have no
rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to the Option prior
to the date of issuance to the Optionee of a certificate or certificates for
such Shares.

                  (h) Optionee Acknowledgement.  The Optionee acknowledges that:

                           (i) the future value of the Company is highly
speculative;

                           (ii) the Optionee is not relying on the value of this
Option as current compensation;

                           (iii) the Company has no obligation to the Optionee
to sell the Company or to sell Shares publicly (which may have the effect of
reducing the value of the Company);

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                           (iv) upon exercise of this Option, unless the Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Options have been registered under applicable
securities laws, there will be substantial restrictions on the transferability
of the Shares; and

                           (v) the past performance or experience of the
Company, the Company's officers, directors, agents, or employees, will not in
any way indicate or predict the results of the ownership of Shares or of the
Company's activities.

                  (i) No Right to Continued Employment. The Option shall not
confer upon the Optionee any right with respect to continuance of employment by
the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Optionee's
employer to terminate the Optionee's employment at any time.

                  (j) Compliance With Law and Regulations. The Option herein
granted and the obligation of the Company to sell and deliver shares hereunder,
shall be subject to all applicable Federal and State laws, rules and regulations
and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required.
The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates for
Shares prior to (i) the listing of such Shares on any stock exchange or national
market quotations system on which the Shares may then be listed and (ii) the
completion of any registration or qualification of such Shares under any Federal
or State law, or any rule or regulation of any government body which the Company
shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable. Moreover,
the Option herein granted may not be exercised if its exercise, or the receipt
of Shares pursuant hereto, would be contrary to applicable law.

3.       Optionee Bound by Plan.

         The Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and
agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions thereof.

4.       Disqualifying Disposition

         If the Optionee disposes of Shares acquired upon exercise of this
Option within two year from the date of the grant of such Option or one year
after such Shares were acquired pursuant to exercise of this Option, the
Optionee shall notify the Company in writing of such disposition.

5.       Notices.

         All notices or any other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and delivered personally or by registered or certified mail or overnight
courier, addressed, if to the Company, to American Tire Distributors, Inc.,
12200 Herbert Wayne Court, Suite 150, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078;
Attention: President, and if to the Optionee, at the address set forth below,
subject to the right of either party to designate at any time hereafter in
writing some other address.

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6.       Governing Law.

         This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws
principles.

7.       No Assignment.

         Except as provided in Section 2(e), neither this Agreement nor any of
the rights or obligations of the Optionee hereunder may be transferred or
assigned by the Optionee.

8.       Benefits.

         This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and
not for the benefit of any other party.

9.       Severability.

         If any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be illegal
and unenforceable by any court of law, the remaining provisions shall be
severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms.

10.      Amendments.

         No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, other than as required under Section 2(f), shall be effective unless
it is in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

11.      Counterparts.

         This Agreement has been executed in two counterparts each of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

12.      Stockholders' Agreement.

         All Shares purchased pursuant to any exercise of this Option shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of, and constitute "Shares" for all purposes
under, the Stockholders' Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the
Company and the Purchaser, as amended from time to time in accordance with its
terms.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be
executed by its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer,
President or a Vice President and Optionee has executed this Agreement, both as
of the day and year first above written.

                                       AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Richard P. Johnson
                                           ----------------------
                                           Richard P. Johnson
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ William E. Berry
--------------------
William E. Berry
19016 Wildcat Trail
Davidson, NC 27036

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.22

                        AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
                                 (NON-QUALIFIED)

Number of shares subject to option: 258,466

         This Agreement (the "Agreement") made this 12th day of June, 2002,
between American Tire Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and William E. Berry (the "Optionee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

1.       Grant of Option.

         Pursuant to the provisions of American Tire Distributors, Inc. 2002
Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), the Company hereby grants to the Optionee,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and subject further to the terms
and conditions herein set forth, the right and option (the "Option") to purchase
from the Company all or any part of an aggregate of 258,466 shares of the Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock" or the
"Shares") at a purchase price of $1.40 per Share (the "Exercise Price"), such
Option to be exercised as hereinafter provided.

2.       Terms and Conditions.

         It is understood and agreed that the Option evidenced hereby is subject
to the following terms and conditions:

                  (a) Expiration Date. The Option shall expire on the tenth
anniversary of the date hereof (the "Expiration Date").

                  (b) Type of Option. This Option is not intended to be eligible
to be an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").

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                  (c) Exercise of Option. (i) Subject to the other terms of this
Agreement regarding the exercisability of this Option, the Options will vest and
be exercisable in accordance with the following schedule, which shall continue
to apply from and after the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in
this Agreement or as defined in any employment, executive severance or similar
agreement to which the Optionee is a party):

                                             Options Exercisable with respect to
                      On or After                Cumulative Number of Shares
                      -----------            -----------------------------------
                  the date of this Agreement           51,693
                  January 1, 2003                      51,693
                  January 1, 2004                      51,693
                  January 1, 2005                      51,693
                  January 1, 2006                      51,694

                  (ii) (A) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), upon the termination
of Optionee's employment (1) by the Company without Cause (as defined below), by
the Optionee for Good Reason (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death,
in each case, at any time after a Qualifying Change in Control (as defined
below) or (2) by the Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a
Specified Cause Event (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death, in each
case, more than six months after a Qualifying Change in Control, the Optionee
shall be entitled to receive an amount (the "Unvested Option Amount"), payable
within five business days after demand by the Optionee or his personal
representative, equal to (x) the excess (if any) of (1) the fair market value of
all cash and freely tradable securities received by the Principal Shareholders
in exchange for each share of Common Stock or security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (giving effect to such
conversion, exercise or exchange for this purpose) sold by the Principal
Shareholders in connection with such Qualifying Change of Control over (2) the
Exercise Price multiplied by (y) the number of Shares not yet vested in
accordance with the above schedule as of the effective time of such Qualifying
Change in Control. For purpose of clause (x)(1) of the immediately preceding
sentence, the "fair market value" of a security on any date of determination
shall be the mean average of the daily closing prices or last sale prices of
such security for each of the 15 preceding days preceding such date during which
the securities exchange or market quotation system on which such security is
listed or quoted was open for business. Prior to the consummation of a
Qualifying Change in Control, the Company shall take all actions reasonably
necessary, in the good faith judgment of the Board, to ensure that (i) a
successor to the Company or transferee of assets of the Company, as appropriate,
(the "Successor Entity") assumes the obligations of the Company under this
Section 2(c)(ii)(A) and (ii) the Successor Entity provides for the issuance of a
letter of credit, establishment of an escrow account containing cash or
investment grade securities, grant of a security interest in specified property,
guaranty or similar security or credit support arrangement (in each case, on
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Optionee) to secure amounts that may become
due in respect of any Unvested Option Amount.

                  (B) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), all of the Options shall
become fully vested

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and exercisable immediately upon the termination of Optionee's employment (1) by
the Company without Cause or by the Optionee for Good Reason at any time after a
Change in Control (other than a Qualifying Change in Control); (2) by the
Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a Specified Cause Event (as
defined below) more than six months after a Change in Control (other than a
Qualifying Change in Control); or (3) due to the Optionee's death.

                  (C) When used in this Agreement:

                           "Change in Control" means the first to occur of any
         of the following: (i) the sale (including by merger, consolidation or
         sale of stock of subsidiaries or any other method) of all or
         substantially all of the assets of the Company and its consolidated
         subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any person or entity not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the holders of at least 50% of the Combined
         Voting Power (as defined in the Plan) of the then outstanding shares of
         capital stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of
         the Company as of the date of determination), (ii) at any time prior to
         the consummation of an initial public offering of Common Stock of the
         Company or other common stock of the Company having the voting power to
         elect directors, a transaction (except pursuant to such initial public
         offering) resulting in the Principal Shareholders (as defined in the
         Plan) owning, collectively, less than 50% of the Combined Voting Power
         of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
         (excluding shares owned by employees of the Company as of the date of
         determination), (iii) at any time after the consummation of an initial
         public offering of Common Stock of the Company or other common stock of
         the Company having the voting power to elect directors, the acquisition
         (except pursuant to such initial public offering) by any person or
         entity (other than the Principal Shareholders) not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the Company's stockholders of more than 30% of
         the Combined Voting Power of the then outstanding shares of capital
         stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of the
         Company as of the date of determination), (iv) individuals serving as
         directors of the Company on the Effective Date (as defined in the Plan)
         and who were nominated or selected to serve as directors by one or more
         Principal Shareholders (together with any new directors whose election
         was approved by a vote of (A) such individuals or directors whose
         election was previously so approved or (B) Principal Shareholders
         holding a majority of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock
         of the Company held by all Principal Shareholders) cease for any reason
         to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
         "Board"), (v) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
         dissolution of the Company in connection with an equity investment or
         sale or a business combination transaction or (vi) any other event or
         transaction that the Board deems to be a Change in Control.

                           "Specified Cause Event" means (1) a proven or
         admitted act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement by the Optionee
         that is detrimental to the Company or (2) the Optionee's conviction of
         or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony that is related to the
         Company or the performance of the Optionee's services for the Company.

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                           "Qualifying Change in Control" means a Change in
         Control of the type specified in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition
         thereof in which the Principal Shareholders receive cash or freely
         tradable securities or both in exchange for shares of Common Stock (or
         securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares
         of Common Stock) of the Company sold by the Principal Shareholders in
         connection therewith.

                  (iii) Options exercised in any one year shall be deducted from
the number of Options exercisable in any future year. Once vested, this Option
shall be exercisable at the following times prior to the expiration date: (A) if
the Optionee is employed by the Company at the time of exercise, at any time by
giving the Company 45 days' advance written notice or (B) if the Optionee is not
employed by the Company at the time of exercise but has the right to exercise
after termination in accordance with Section 2(d) of this Agreement, by giving
the Company written notice at any time during the period specified in Section
2(d) of this Agreement, in which case the Option shall be deemed exercised as of
the end of the calendar month in which the Company received notice of exercise
of the Option. In either case, the notice of exercise shall specify the number
of Shares as to which the Option is being exercised.

                  (iv) Upon receipt of written notice of exercise by the
Company, the Company shall, upon full payment in cash to the Company of the
Exercise Price of the Shares as to which the Option shall be exercised, issue to
the Optionee the Shares subject to the Option. Any issuance of Shares to an
Optionee pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made by the Company within
90 days after the date of exercise. For purposes of this Agreement only, the
fair market value of Shares shall be determined by such methods or procedures as
shall be established from time to time by the Board acting in its sole
discretion and in good faith. In making such determinations, the Board may rely
on a valuation report by an investment banking or valuation firm selected by the
Board. The Committee established by the Board to administer the Plan (the
"Committee") may, in its sole discretion, permit the Optionee to pay the
Exercise Price in previously acquired Shares rather than in cash.

                  (d) Exercise Upon Death or Termination of Employment.

                           (i) If the Optionee dies while an employee of the
Company, the Optionee's Designee may exercise the Option, to the extent it was
vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company written notice of such
exercise within 24 months after the date of Optionee's death, but in no event
later than the Expiration Date. An Optionee's "Designee" means the person
designated by the Optionee in his or her most recently filed beneficiary
designation filed with the Company to receive the Optionee's rights under the
Plan upon the Optionee's death, or if there is no such designation or no such
designated person survives the Optionee, by the person or persons to whom the
Optionee's rights pass by will or applicable law, or if no such person has such
right, by his executors or administrators.

                           (ii) If the Company shall terminate Optionee's
employment with the Company because of disability, the Optionee may exercise the
Option to the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the
Company written notice of such exercise within 24

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months after the date of termination of employment, but in no event later than
the Expiration Date.

                           (iii) If the Optionee terminates his employment with
the Company other than for Good Reason, the Optionee may exercise the Option to
the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company
written notice of such exercise within 90 days after the date of termination of
employment, but in no event later then the Expiration Date. For purposes of this
Agreement, "Good Reason" has the meaning set forth in the executive severance or
employment agreement, if any, then in effect between the Company and the
Optionee or, in the absence of such agreement shall mean, if the basis for such
Good Reason is not cured within a reasonable period of time (determined in light
of the cure appropriate to the basis of such Good Reason, but in no event less
than 15 days), the failure of the Company to pay any undisputed amount due to
the Optionee in connection with his employment by the Company.

                           (iv) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
any reason other than death, disability or Cause (as hereinafter defined), or if
the Optionee shall terminate his employment with the Company for Good Reason,
the Optionee may exercise the Option to the extent it was vested on the date of
termination or, otherwise would have vested in the 12 months thereafter, in
either event according to the applicable vesting schedule in Section 3(c)(i), by
giving the Company written notice of such exercise within 24 months after the
date of termination of employment, but in no event later than the Expiration
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee shall forfeit his right to
exercise any Options that would have vested within the 12 months after
termination, if the Optionee violates the terms regarding non-competition set
forth in the Optionee's executive severance or employment agreement.

                           (v) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
Cause, all right to exercise the Option shall terminate at the date of such
termination of employment. For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" has the
meaning set forth in the executive severance or employment agreement, if any,
then in effect between the Company and the Optionee or, in the absence of such
agreement, shall mean (i) the Optionee's conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony, (ii) the Optionee's gross negligence in the performance
of his duties as an employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the
Company, (iii) the Optionee's knowingly dishonest act, or knowing bad faith or
willful misconduct in the performance of his duties as an employee, officer,
director or independent contractor of the Company, or (iv) the Optionee's
material breach of any confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation,
agreement to assign work product and inventions or similar covenant or agreement
of the Optionee.

                  (e) Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 2(e), the Option is not transferable other than as designated by the
Optionee in his or her most recently filed Beneficiary designation filed with
the Company, or if there is no such designation or no such designated person
survives the Optionee, as designated by the Optionee, by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution, and during the Optionee's life, may be exercised only
by the Optionee. However, an Optionee, with the approval of the Committee, may
transfer the Option for no consideration to or for the benefit of the Optionee's
Immediate Family or to a partnership or

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limited liability company for one or more members of the Optionee's Immediate
Family, subject to such limits as the Committee may establish, and the
transferee shall remain subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to
Options prior to such transfer. The foregoing right to transfer the Option shall
apply to the right to consent to amendments to this Agreement and, in the
discretion of the Committee, shall also apply to the right to transfer ancillary
rights associated with the Option. The term "Immediate Family" shall mean the
Optionee's spouse, parents, children, stepchildren, adoptive relationships,
sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews and grandchildren (and, for this purpose,
shall also include the Optionee).

                  (f) Adjustments. In the event of any change in corporate
capitalization (including, but not limited to, a change in the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding), such as a stock split or a corporate transaction,
such as any merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other
distribution of stock or property of the Company, any reorganization (whether or
not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368
of the Code) or any partial or complete liquidation of the Company, the
Committee or Board may make such substitution or adjustments in the number, kind
and option price of shares subject to the Option and/or such other equitable
substitution or adjustments as it may determine to be appropriate in its sole
discretion; provided, however, that the number of shares subject to the Option
shall always be a whole number. In the event of a corporate merger,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or
liquidation, the Board shall be authorized to cause the Company to issue or
assume stock options, whether or not in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of
the Code applies, by means of substitution of new stock options for previously
issued stock options or an assumption of previously issued stock options.

                  (g) No Rights as Stockholder. The Optionee shall have no
rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to the Option prior
to the date of issuance to the Optionee of a certificate or certificates for
such Shares.

                  (h) Optionee Acknowledgement.  The Optionee acknowledges that:

                           (i) the future value of the Company is highly
speculative;

                           (ii) the Optionee is not relying on the value of this
Option as current compensation;

                           (iii) the Company has no obligation to the Optionee
to sell the Company or to sell Shares publicly (which may have the effect of
reducing the value of the Company);

                           (iv) upon exercise of this Option, unless the Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Options have been registered under applicable
securities laws, there will be substantial restrictions on the transferability
of the Shares; and

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                           (v) the past performance or experience of the
Company, the Company's officers, directors, agents, or employees, will not in
any way indicate or predict the results of the ownership of Shares or of the
Company's activities.

                  (i) No Right to Continued Employment. The Option shall not
confer upon the Optionee any right with respect to continuance of employment by
the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Optionee's
employer to terminate the Optionee's employment at any time.

                  (j) Compliance With Law and Regulations. The Option herein
granted and the obligation of the Company to sell and deliver shares hereunder,
shall be subject to all applicable Federal and State laws, rules and regulations
and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required.
The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates for
Shares prior to (i) the listing of such Shares on any stock exchange or national
market quotations system on which the Shares may then be listed and (ii) the
completion of any registration or qualification of such Shares under any Federal
or State law, or any rule or regulation of any government body which the Company
shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable. Moreover,
the Option herein granted may not be exercised if its exercise, or the receipt
of Shares pursuant hereto, would be contrary to applicable law.

3.       Optionee Bound by Plan.

         The Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and
agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions thereof.

4.       Reserved.

5.       Notices.

         All notices or any other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and delivered personally or by registered or certified mail or overnight
courier, addressed, if to the Company, to American Tire Distributors, Inc.,
12200 Herbert Wayne Court, Suite 150, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078;
Attention: President, and if to the Optionee, at the address set forth below,
subject to the right of either party to designate at any time hereafter in
writing some other address.

6.       Governing Law.

         This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws
principles.

7.       No Assignment.

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         Except as provided in Section 2(e), neither this Agreement nor any of
the rights or obligations of the Optionee hereunder may be transferred or
assigned by the Optionee.

8.       Benefits.

         This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and
not for the benefit of any other party.

9.       Severability.

         If any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be illegal
and unenforceable by any court of law, the remaining provisions shall be
severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms.

10.      Amendments.

         No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, other than as required under Section 2(f), shall be effective unless
it is in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

11.      Counterparts.

         This Agreement has been executed in two counterparts each of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

12.      Stockholders' Agreement.

         All Shares purchased pursuant to any exercise of this Option shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of, and constitute "Shares" for all purposes
under, the Stockholders' Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the
Company and the Purchaser, as amended from time to time in accordance with its
terms.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be
executed by its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer,
President or a Vice President and Optionee has executed this Agreement, both as
of the day and year first above written.

                                       AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Richard P. Johnson
                                           ----------------------
                                           Richard P. Johnson
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ William E. Berry
--------------------
William E. Berry
19016 Wildcat Trail
Davidson, NC 28036

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.22

                        AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Number of shares subject to option: 357,140

         This Agreement (the "Agreement") made this 12th day of June, 2002,
between American Tire Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and J. Michael Gaither (the "Optionee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

1.       Grant of Option.

         Pursuant to the provisions of American Tire Distributors, Inc. 2002
Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), the Company hereby grants to the Optionee,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and subject further to the terms
and conditions herein set forth, the right and option (the "Option") to purchase
from the Company all or any part of an aggregate of 357,140 shares of the Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock" or the
"Shares") at a purchase price of $1.40 per Share (the "Exercise Price"), such
Option to be exercised as hereinafter provided.

2.       Terms and Conditions.

         It is understood and agreed that the Option evidenced hereby is subject
to the following terms and conditions:

                  (a) Expiration Date. The Option shall expire on the tenth
anniversary of the date hereof (the "Expiration Date").

                  (b) Type of Option. This Option is intended to be eligible to
be an incentive stock option (an "Incentive Stock Option") within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code");
provided that to the extent this Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock
Option, it shall constitute a nonqualified stock option under the Code.

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                  (c) Exercise of Option. (i) Subject to the other terms of this
Agreement regarding the exercisability of this Option, the Options will vest and
be exercisable in accordance with the following schedule, which shall continue
to apply from and after the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in
this Agreement or as defined in any employment, executive severance or similar
agreement to which the Optionee is a party):

                                             Options Exercisable with respect to
                   On or After                   Cumulative Number of Shares
                   -----------               -----------------------------------
               the date of this Agreement              71,428
               January 1, 2003                         71,428
               January 1, 2004                         71,428
               January 1, 2005                         71,428
               January 1, 2006                         71,428

                  (ii) (A) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), upon the termination
of Optionee's employment (1) by the Company without Cause (as defined below), by
the Optionee for Good Reason (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death,
in each case, at any time after a Qualifying Change in Control (as defined
below) or (2) by the Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a
Specified Cause Event (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death, in each
case, more than six months after a Qualifying Change in Control, the Optionee
shall be entitled to receive an amount (the "Unvested Option Amount"), payable
within five business days after demand by the Optionee or his personal
representative, equal to (x) the excess (if any) of (1) the fair market value of
all cash and freely tradable securities received by the Principal Shareholders
in exchange for each share of Common Stock or security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (giving effect to such
conversion, exercise or exchange for this purpose) sold by the Principal
Shareholders in connection with such Qualifying Change of Control over (2) the
Exercise Price multiplied by (y) the number of Shares not yet vested in
accordance with the above schedule as of the effective time of such Qualifying
Change in Control. For purpose of clause (x)(1) of the immediately preceding
sentence, the "fair market value" of a security on any date of determination
shall be the mean average of the daily closing prices or last sale prices of
such security for each of the 15 preceding days preceding such date during which
the securities exchange or market quotation system on which such security is
listed or quoted was open for business. Prior to the consummation of a
Qualifying Change in Control, the Company shall take all actions reasonably
necessary, in the good faith judgment of the Board, to ensure that (i) a
successor to the Company or transferee of assets of the Company, as appropriate,
(the "Successor Entity") assumes the obligations of the Company under this
Section 2(c)(ii)(A) and (ii) the Successor Entity provides for the issuance of a
letter of credit, establishment of an escrow account containing cash or
investment grade securities, grant of a security interest in specified property,
guaranty or similar security or credit support arrangement (in each case, on
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Optionee) to secure amounts that may

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become due in respect of any Unvested Option Amount.

                  (B) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), all of the Options shall
become fully vested and exercisable immediately upon the termination of
Optionee's employment (1) by the Company without Cause or by the Optionee for
Good Reason at any time after a Change in Control (other than a Qualifying
Change in Control); (2) by the Company or the Optionee for any reason other than
a Specified Cause Event (as defined below) more than six months after a Change
in Control (other than a Qualifying Change in Control); or (3) due to the
Optionee's death.

                  (C) When used in this Agreement:

                           "Change in Control" means the first to occur of any
         of the following: (i) the sale (including by merger, consolidation or
         sale of stock of subsidiaries or any other method) of all or
         substantially all of the assets of the Company and its consolidated
         subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any person or entity not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the holders of at least 50% of the Combined
         Voting Power (as defined in the Plan) of the then outstanding shares of
         capital stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of
         the Company as of the date of determination), (ii) at any time prior to
         the consummation of an initial public offering of Common Stock of the
         Company or other common stock of the Company having the voting power to
         elect directors, a transaction (except pursuant to such initial public
         offering) resulting in the Principal Shareholders (as defined in the
         Plan) owning, collectively, less than 50% of the Combined Voting Power
         of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
         (excluding shares owned by employees of the Company as of the date of
         determination), (iii) at any time after the consummation of an initial
         public offering of Common Stock of the Company or other common stock of
         the Company having the voting power to elect directors, the acquisition
         (except pursuant to such initial public offering) by any person or
         entity (other than the Principal Shareholders) not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the Company's stockholders of more than 30% of
         the Combined Voting Power of the then outstanding shares of capital
         stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of the
         Company as of the date of determination), (iv) individuals serving as
         directors of the Company on the Effective Date (as defined in the Plan)
         and who were nominated or selected to serve as directors by one or more
         Principal Shareholders (together with any new directors whose election
         was approved by a vote of (A) such individuals or directors whose
         election was previously so approved or (B) Principal Shareholders
         holding a majority of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock
         of the Company held by all Principal Shareholders) cease for any reason
         to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
         "Board"), (v) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
         dissolution of the Company in connection with an equity investment or
         sale or a business combination transaction or (vi) any other event or
         transaction that the Board deems to be a Change in Control.

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                           "Specified Cause Event" means (1) a proven or
         admitted act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement by the Optionee
         that is detrimental to the Company or (2) the Optionee's conviction of
         or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony that is related to the
         Company or the performance of the Optionee's services for the Company.

                           "Qualifying Change in Control" means a Change in
         Control of the type specified in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition
         thereof in which the Principal Shareholders receive cash or freely
         tradable securities or both in exchange for shares of Common Stock (or
         securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares
         of Common Stock) of the Company sold by the Principal Shareholders in
         connection therewith.

                  (iii) Options exercised in any one year shall be deducted from
the number of Options exercisable in any future year. Once vested, this Option
shall be exercisable at the following times prior to the expiration date: (A) if
the Optionee is employed by the Company at the time of exercise, at any time by
giving the Company 45 days' advance written notice or (B) if the Optionee is not
employed by the Company at the time of exercise but has the right to exercise
after termination in accordance with Section 2(d) of this Agreement, by giving
the Company written notice at any time during the period specified in Section
2(d) of this Agreement, in which case the Option shall be deemed exercised as of
the end of the calendar month in which the Company received notice of exercise
of the Option. In either case, the notice of exercise shall specify the number
of Shares as to which the Option is being exercised.

                  (iv) Upon receipt of written notice of exercise by the
Company, the Company shall, upon full payment in cash to the Company of the
Exercise Price of the Shares as to which the Option shall be exercised, issue to
the Optionee the Shares subject to the Option. Any issuance of Shares to an
Optionee pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made by the Company within
90 days after the date of exercise. For purposes of this Agreement only, the
fair market value of Shares shall be determined by such methods or procedures as
shall be established from time to time by the Board acting in its sole
discretion and in good faith. In making such determinations, the Board may rely
on a valuation report by an investment banking or valuation firm selected by the
Board. The Committee established by the Board to administer the Plan (the
"Committee") may, in its sole discretion, permit the Optionee to pay the
Exercise Price in previously acquired Shares rather than in cash.

                  (d) Exercise Upon Death or Termination of Employment.

                           (i) If the Optionee dies while an employee of the
Company, the Optionee's Designee may exercise the Option, to the extent it was
vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company written notice of such
exercise within 24 months after the date of Optionee's death, but in no event
later than the Expiration Date. An Optionee's "Designee" means the person
designated by the Optionee in his or her most recently filed beneficiary
designation filed with the Company to receive the Optionee's rights under the
Plan upon the Optionee's death, or if there is no such designation or no such
designated person survives the Optionee, by the person

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or persons to whom the Optionee's rights pass by will or applicable law, or if
no such person has such right, by his executors or administrators.

                           (ii) If the Company shall terminate Optionee's
employment with the Company because of disability, the Optionee may exercise the
Option to the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the
Company written notice of such exercise within 24 months after the date of
termination of employment, but in no event later than the Expiration Date.

                           (iii) If the Optionee terminates his employment with
the Company other than for Good Reason, the Optionee may exercise the Option to
the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company
written notice of such exercise within 90 days after the date of termination of
employment, but in no event later then the Expiration Date. For purposes of this
Agreement, "Good Reason" has the meaning set forth in the executive severance or
employment agreement, if any, then in effect between the Company and the
Optionee or, in the absence of such agreement shall mean, if the basis for such
Good Reason is not cured within a reasonable period of time (determined in light
of the cure appropriate to the basis of such Good Reason, but in no event less
than 15 days), the failure of the Company to pay any undisputed amount due to
the Optionee in connection with his employment by the Company.

                           (iv) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
any reason other than death, disability or Cause (as hereinafter defined), or if
the Optionee shall terminate his employment with the Company for Good Reason,
the Optionee may exercise the Option to the extent it was vested on the date of
termination or, otherwise would have vested in the 12 months thereafter, in
either event according to the applicable vesting schedule in Section 3(c)(i), by
giving the Company written notice of such exercise within 24 months after the
date of termination of employment, but in no event later than the Expiration
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee shall forfeit his right to
exercise any Options that would have vested within the 12 months after
termination, if the Optionee violates the terms regarding non-competition set
forth in the Optionee's executive severance or employment agreement.

                           (v) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
Cause, all right to exercise the Option shall terminate at the date of such
termination of employment. For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" has the
meaning set forth in the executive severance or employment agreement, if any,
then in effect between the Company and the Optionee or, in the absence of such
agreement, shall mean (i) the Optionee's conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony, (ii) the Optionee's gross negligence in the performance
of his duties as an employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the
Company, (iii) the Optionee's knowingly dishonest act, or knowing bad faith or
willful misconduct in the performance of his duties as an employee, officer,
director or independent contractor of the Company, or (iv) the Optionee's
material breach of any confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation,
agreement to assign work product and inventions or similar covenant or agreement
of the Optionee.

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                           (vi) In the event of termination of employment, if an
Incentive Stock Option is exercised after the expiration of the exercise periods
that apply for purposes of Section 422 of the Code, such stock option shall
thereafter be treated as a nonqualified stock option.

                  (e) Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 2(e), the Option is not transferable other than as designated by the
Optionee in his or her most recently filed Beneficiary designation filed with
the Company, or if there is no such designation or no such designated person
survives the Optionee, as designated by the Optionee, by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution, and during the Optionee's life, may be exercised only
by the Optionee. However, an Optionee, with the approval of the Committee, may
transfer the Option for no consideration to or for the benefit of the Optionee's
Immediate Family or to a partnership or limited liability company for one or
more members of the Optionee's Immediate Family, subject to such limits as the
Committee may establish, and the transferee shall remain subject to all the
terms and conditions applicable to Options prior to such transfer. The foregoing
right to transfer the Option shall apply to the right to consent to amendments
to this Agreement and, in the discretion of the Committee, shall also apply to
the right to transfer ancillary rights associated with the Option. The term
"Immediate Family" shall mean the Optionee's spouse, parents, children,
stepchildren, adoptive relationships, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews and
grandchildren (and, for this purpose, shall also include the Optionee).

                  (f) Adjustments. In the event of any change in corporate
capitalization (including, but not limited to, a change in the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding), such as a stock split or a corporate transaction,
such as any merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other
distribution of stock or property of the Company, any reorganization (whether or
not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368
of the Code) or any partial or complete liquidation of the Company, the
Committee or Board may make such substitution or adjustments in the number, kind
and option price of shares subject to the Option and/or such other equitable
substitution or adjustments as it may determine to be appropriate in its sole
discretion; provided, however, that the number of shares subject to the Option
shall always be a whole number. In the event of a corporate merger,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or
liquidation, the Board shall be authorized to cause the Company to issue or
assume stock options, whether or not in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of
the Code applies, by means of substitution of new stock options for previously
issued stock options or an assumption of previously issued stock options.

                  (g) No Rights as Stockholder. The Optionee shall have no
rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to the Option prior
to the date of issuance to the Optionee of a certificate or certificates for
such Shares.

                  (h) Optionee Acknowledgement.  The Optionee acknowledges that:

                           (i) the future value of the Company is highly
speculative;

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                           (ii) the Optionee is not relying on the value of this
Option as current compensation;

                           (iii) the Company has no obligation to the Optionee
to sell the Company or to sell Shares publicly (which may have the effect of
reducing the value of the Company);

                           (iv) upon exercise of this Option, unless the Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Options have been registered under applicable
securities laws, there will be substantial restrictions on the transferability
of the Shares; and

                           (v) the past performance or experience of the
Company, the Company's officers, directors, agents, or employees, will not in
any way indicate or predict the results of the ownership of Shares or of the
Company's activities.

                  (i) No Right to Continued Employment. The Option shall not
confer upon the Optionee any right with respect to continuance of employment by
the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Optionee's
employer to terminate the Optionee's employment at any time.

                  (j) Compliance With Law and Regulations. The Option herein
granted and the obligation of the Company to sell and deliver shares hereunder,
shall be subject to all applicable Federal and State laws, rules and regulations
and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required.
The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates for
Shares prior to (i) the listing of such Shares on any stock exchange or national
market quotations system on which the Shares may then be listed and (ii) the
completion of any registration or qualification of such Shares under any Federal
or State law, or any rule or regulation of any government body which the Company
shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable. Moreover,
the Option herein granted may not be exercised if its exercise, or the receipt
of Shares pursuant hereto, would be contrary to applicable law.

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3.       Optionee Bound by Plan.

         The Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and
agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions thereof.

4.       Disqualifying Disposition

         If the Optionee disposes of Shares acquired upon exercise of this
Option within two year from the date of the grant of such Option or one year
after such Shares were acquired pursuant to exercise of this Option, the
Optionee shall notify the Company in writing of such disposition.

5.       Notices.

         All notices or any other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and delivered personally or by registered or certified mail or overnight
courier, addressed, if to the Company, to American Tire Distributors, Inc.,
12200 Herbert Wayne Court, Suite 150, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078;
Attention: President, and if to the Optionee, at the address set forth below,
subject to the right of either party to designate at any time hereafter in
writing some other address.

6.       Governing Law.

         This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws
principles.

7.       No Assignment.

         Except as provided in Section 2(e), neither this Agreement nor any of
the rights or obligations of the Optionee hereunder may be transferred or
assigned by the Optionee.

8.       Benefits.

         This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and
not for the benefit of any other party.

9.       Severability.

         If any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be illegal
and unenforceable by any court of law, the remaining provisions shall be
severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms.

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10.      Amendments.

         No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, other than as required under Section 2(f), shall be effective unless
it is in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

11.      Counterparts.

         This Agreement has been executed in two counterparts each of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

12.      Stockholders' Agreement.

         All Shares purchased pursuant to any exercise of this Option shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of, and constitute "Shares" for all purposes
under, the Stockholders' Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the
Company and the Purchaser, as amended from time to time in accordance with its
terms.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be
executed by its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer,
President or a Vice President and Optionee has executed this Agreement, both as
of the day and year first above written.

                                      AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

                                      By: /s/ Richard P. Johnson
                                          ----------------------
                                          Richard P. Johnson
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ J. Michael Gaither
----------------------
J. Michael Gaither
8309 Merrimack Court
Charlotte, NC 28210

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.22

                        AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
                                 (NON-QUALIFIED)

Number of shares subject to option: 86,097

         This Agreement (the "Agreement") made this 12th day of June, 2002,
between American Tire Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and J. Michael Gaither (the "Optionee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

1.       Grant of Option.

         Pursuant to the provisions of American Tire Distributors, Inc. 2002
Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), the Company hereby grants to the Optionee,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and subject further to the terms
and conditions herein set forth, the right and option (the "Option") to purchase
from the Company all or any part of an aggregate of 86,097 shares of the Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock" or the
"Shares") at a purchase price of $1.40 per Share (the "Exercise Price"), such
Option to be exercised as hereinafter provided.

2.       Terms and Conditions.

         It is understood and agreed that the Option evidenced hereby is subject
to the following terms and conditions:

                  (a) Expiration Date. The Option shall expire on the tenth
anniversary of the date hereof (the "Expiration Date").

                  (b) Type of Option. This Option is not intended to be eligible
to be an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").

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                  (c) Exercise of Option. (i) Subject to the other terms of this
Agreement regarding the exercisability of this Option, the Options will vest and
be exercisable in accordance with the following schedule, which shall continue
to apply from and after the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in
this Agreement or as defined in any employment, executive severance or similar
agreement to which the Optionee is a party):

                                             Options Exercisable with respect to
                    On or After                  Cumulative Number of Shares
                    -----------              -----------------------------------
                the date of this Agreement             17,219
                January 1, 2003                        17,219
                January 1, 2004                        17,219
                January 1, 2005                        17,220
                January 1, 2006                        17,220

                  (ii) (A) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), upon the termination
of Optionee's employment (1) by the Company without Cause (as defined below), by
the Optionee for Good Reason (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death,
in each case, at any time after a Qualifying Change in Control (as defined
below) or (2) by the Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a
Specified Cause Event (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death, in each
case, more than six months after a Qualifying Change in Control, the Optionee
shall be entitled to receive an amount (the "Unvested Option Amount"), payable
within five business days after demand by the Optionee or his personal
representative, equal to (x) the excess (if any) of (1) the fair market value of
all cash and freely tradable securities received by the Principal Shareholders
in exchange for each share of Common Stock or security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (giving effect to such
conversion, exercise or exchange for this purpose) sold by the Principal
Shareholders in connection with such Qualifying Change of Control over (2) the
Exercise Price multiplied by (y) the number of Shares not yet vested in
accordance with the above schedule as of the effective time of such Qualifying
Change in Control. For purpose of clause (x)(1) of the immediately preceding
sentence, the "fair market value" of a security on any date of determination
shall be the mean average of the daily closing prices or last sale prices of
such security for each of the 15 preceding days preceding such date during which
the securities exchange or market quotation system on which such security is
listed or quoted was open for business. Prior to the consummation of a
Qualifying Change in Control, the Company shall take all actions reasonably
necessary, in the good faith judgment of the Board, to ensure that (i) a
successor to the Company or transferee of assets of the Company, as appropriate,
(the "Successor Entity") assumes the obligations of the Company under this
Section 2(c)(ii)(A) and (ii) the Successor Entity provides for the issuance of a
letter of credit, establishment of an escrow account containing cash or
investment grade securities, grant of a security interest in specified property,
guaranty or similar security or credit support arrangement (in each case, on
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Optionee) to secure amounts that may become
due in respect of any Unvested Option Amount.

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                  (B) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), all of the Options shall
become fully vested and exercisable immediately upon the termination of
Optionee's employment (1) by the Company without Cause or by the Optionee for
Good Reason at any time after a Change in Control (other than a Qualifying
Change in Control);(2) by the Company or the Optionee for any reason other than
a Specified Cause Event (as defined below) more than six months after a Change
in Control (other than a Qualifying Change in Control); or (3) due to the
Optionee's death.

                  (C) When used in this Agreement:

                           "Change in Control" means the first to occur of any
         of the following: (i) the sale (including by merger, consolidation or
         sale of stock of subsidiaries or any other method) of all or
         substantially all of the assets of the Company and its consolidated
         subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any person or entity not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the holders of at least 50% of the Combined
         Voting Power (as defined in the Plan) of the then outstanding shares of
         capital stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of
         the Company as of the date of determination), (ii) at any time prior to
         the consummation of an initial public offering of Common Stock of the
         Company or other common stock of the Company having the voting power to
         elect directors, a transaction (except pursuant to such initial public
         offering) resulting in the Principal Shareholders (as defined in the
         Plan) owning, collectively, less than 50% of the Combined Voting Power
         of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
         (excluding shares owned by employees of the Company as of the date of
         determination), (iii) at any time after the consummation of an initial
         public offering of Common Stock of the Company or other common stock of
         the Company having the voting power to elect directors, the acquisition
         (except pursuant to such initial public offering) by any person or
         entity (other than the Principal Shareholders) not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the Company's stockholders of more than 30% of
         the Combined Voting Power of the then outstanding shares of capital
         stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of the
         Company as of the date of determination), (iv) individuals serving as
         directors of the Company on the Effective Date (as defined in the Plan)
         and who were nominated or selected to serve as directors by one or more
         Principal Shareholders (together with any new directors whose election
         was approved by a vote of (A) such individuals or directors whose
         election was previously so approved or (B) Principal Shareholders
         holding a majority of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock
         of the Company held by all Principal Shareholders) cease for any reason
         to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
         "Board"), (v) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
         dissolution of the Company in connection with an equity investment or
         sale or a business combination transaction or (vi) any other event or
         transaction that the Board deems to be a Change in Control.

                           "Specified Cause Event" means (1) a proven or
         admitted act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement by the Optionee
         that is detrimental to the Company or (2) the Optionee's conviction of
         or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony that is related to the
         Company or the performance of the Optionee's services for the Company.

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                           "Qualifying Change in Control" means a Change in
         Control of the type specified in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition
         thereof in which the Principal Shareholders receive cash or freely
         tradable securities or both in exchange for shares of Common Stock (or
         securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares
         of Common Stock) of the Company sold by the Principal Shareholders in
         connection therewith.

                  (iii) Options exercised in any one year shall be deducted from
the number of Options exercisable in any future year. Once vested, this Option
shall be exercisable at the following times prior to the expiration date: (A) if
the Optionee is employed by the Company at the time of exercise, at any time by
giving the Company 45 days' advance written notice or (B) if the Optionee is not
employed by the Company at the time of exercise but has the right to exercise
after termination in accordance with Section 2(d) of this Agreement, by giving
the Company written notice at any time during the period specified in Section
2(d) of this Agreement, in which case the Option shall be deemed exercised as of
the end of the calendar month in which the Company received notice of exercise
of the Option. In either case, the notice of exercise shall specify the number
of Shares as to which the Option is being exercised.

                  (iv) Upon receipt of written notice of exercise by the
Company, the Company shall, upon full payment in cash to the Company of the
Exercise Price of the Shares as to which the Option shall be exercised, issue to
the Optionee the Shares subject to the Option. Any issuance of Shares to an
Optionee pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made by the Company within
90 days after the date of exercise. For purposes of this Agreement only, the
fair market value of Shares shall be determined by such methods or procedures as
shall be established from time to time by the Board acting in its sole
discretion and in good faith. In making such determinations, the Board may rely
on a valuation report by an investment banking or valuation firm selected by the
Board. The Committee established by the Board to administer the Plan (the
"Committee") may, in its sole discretion, permit the Optionee to pay the
Exercise Price in previously acquired Shares rather than in cash.

                  (d) Exercise Upon Death or Termination of Employment.

                           (i) If the Optionee dies while an employee of the
Company, the Optionee's Designee may exercise the Option, to the extent it was
vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company written notice of such
exercise within 24 months after the date of Optionee's death, but in no event
later than the Expiration Date. An Optionee's "Designee" means the person
designated by the Optionee in his or her most recently filed beneficiary
designation filed with the Company to receive the Optionee's rights under the
Plan upon the Optionee's death, or if there is no such designation or no such
designated person survives the Optionee, by the person or persons to whom the
Optionee's rights pass by will or applicable law, or if no such person has such
right, by his executors or administrators.

                           (ii) If the Company shall terminate Optionee's
employment with the Company because of disability, the Optionee may exercise the
Option to the extent it was vested

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on the date of termination, by giving the Company written notice of such
exercise within 24 months after the date of termination of employment, but in no
event later than the Expiration Date.

                           (iii) If the Optionee terminates his employment with
the Company other than for Good Reason, the Optionee may exercise the Option to
the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company
written notice of such exercise within 90 days after the date of termination of
employment, but in no event later then the Expiration Date. For purposes of this
Agreement, "Good Reason" has the meaning set forth in the executive severance or
employment agreement, if any, then in effect between the Company and the
Optionee or, in the absence of such agreement shall mean, if the basis for such
Good Reason is not cured within a reasonable period of time (determined in light
of the cure appropriate to the basis of such Good Reason, but in no event less
than 15 days), the failure of the Company to pay any undisputed amount due to
the Optionee in connection with his employment by the Company.

                           (iv) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
any reason other than death, disability or Cause (as hereinafter defined), or if
the Optionee shall terminate his employment with the Company for Good Reason,
the Optionee may exercise the Option to the extent it was vested on the date of
termination or, otherwise would have vested in the 12 months thereafter, in
either event according to the applicable vesting schedule in Section 3(c)(i), by
giving the Company written notice of such exercise within 24 months after the
date of termination of employment, but in no event later than the Expiration
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee shall forfeit his right to
exercise any Options that would have vested within the 12 months after
termination, if the Optionee violates the terms regarding non-competition set
forth in the Optionee's executive severance or employment agreement.

                           (v) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
Cause, all right to exercise the Option shall terminate at the date of such
termination of employment. For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" has the
meaning set forth in the executive severance or employment agreement, if any,
then in effect between the Company and the Optionee or, in the absence of such
agreement, shall mean (i) the Optionee's conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony, (ii) the Optionee's gross negligence in the performance
of his duties as an employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the
Company, (iii) the Optionee's knowingly dishonest act, or knowing bad faith or
willful misconduct in the performance of his duties as an employee, officer,
director or independent contractor of the Company, or (iv) the Optionee's
material breach of any confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation,
agreement to assign work product and inventions or similar covenant or agreement
of the Optionee.

                  (e) Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 2(e), the Option is not transferable other than as designated by the
Optionee in his or her most recently filed Beneficiary designation filed with
the Company, or if there is no such designation or no such designated person
survives the Optionee, as designated by the Optionee, by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution, and during the Optionee's life, may be exercised only
by the Optionee. However, an Optionee, with the approval of the Committee, may
transfer the Option for no

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consideration to or for the benefit of the Optionee's Immediate Family or to a
partnership or limited liability company for one or more members of the
Optionee's Immediate Family, subject to such limits as the Committee may
establish, and the transferee shall remain subject to all the terms and
conditions applicable to Options prior to such transfer. The foregoing right to
transfer the Option shall apply to the right to consent to amendments to this
Agreement and, in the discretion of the Committee, shall also apply to the right
to transfer ancillary rights associated with the Option. The term "Immediate
Family" shall mean the Optionee's spouse, parents, children, stepchildren,
adoptive relationships, sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews and grandchildren
(and, for this purpose, shall also include the Optionee).

                  (f) Adjustments. In the event of any change in corporate
capitalization (including, but not limited to, a change in the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding), such as a stock split or a corporate transaction,
such as any merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other
distribution of stock or property of the Company, any reorganization (whether or
not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368
of the Code) or any partial or complete liquidation of the Company, the
Committee or Board may make such substitution or adjustments in the number, kind
and option price of shares subject to the Option and/or such other equitable
substitution or adjustments as it may determine to be appropriate in its sole
discretion; provided, however, that the number of shares subject to the Option
shall always be a whole number. In the event of a corporate merger,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or
liquidation, the Board shall be authorized to cause the Company to issue or
assume stock options, whether or not in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of
the Code applies, by means of substitution of new stock options for previously
issued stock options or an assumption of previously issued stock options.

                  (g) No Rights as Stockholder. The Optionee shall have no
rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to the Option prior
to the date of issuance to the Optionee of a certificate or certificates for
such Shares.

                  (h) Optionee Acknowledgement.  The Optionee acknowledges that:

                           (i) the future value of the Company is highly
speculative;

                           (ii) the Optionee is not relying on the value of this
Option as current compensation;

                           (iii) the Company has no obligation to the Optionee
to sell the Company or to sell Shares publicly (which may have the effect of
reducing the value of the Company);

                           (iv) upon exercise of this Option, unless the Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Options have been registered under applicable
securities laws, there will be substantial restrictions on the transferability
of the Shares; and

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                           (v) the past performance or experience of the
Company, the Company's officers, directors, agents, or employees, will not in
any way indicate or predict the results of the ownership of Shares or of the
Company's activities.

                  (i) No Right to Continued Employment. The Option shall not
confer upon the Optionee any right with respect to continuance of employment by
the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Optionee's
employer to terminate the Optionee's employment at any time.

                  (j) Compliance With Law and Regulations. The Option herein
granted and the obligation of the Company to sell and deliver shares hereunder,
shall be subject to all applicable Federal and State laws, rules and regulations
and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required.
The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates for
Shares prior to (i) the listing of such Shares on any stock exchange or national
market quotations system on which the Shares may then be listed and (ii) the
completion of any registration or qualification of such Shares under any Federal
or State law, or any rule or regulation of any government body which the Company
shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable. Moreover,
the Option herein granted may not be exercised if its exercise, or the receipt
of Shares pursuant hereto, would be contrary to applicable law.

3.       Optionee Bound by Plan.

         The Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and
agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions thereof.

4.       Reserved.

5.       Notices.

         All notices or any other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and delivered personally or by registered or certified mail or overnight
courier, addressed, if to the Company, to American Tire Distributors, Inc.,
12200 Herbert Wayne Court, Suite 150, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078;
Attention: President, and if to the Optionee, at the address set forth below,
subject to the right of either party to designate at any time hereafter in
writing some other address.

6.       Governing Law.

         This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws
principles.

7.       No Assignment.

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         Except as provided in Section 2(e), neither this Agreement nor any of
the rights or obligations of the Optionee hereunder may be transferred or
assigned by the Optionee.

8.       Benefits.

         This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and
not for the benefit of any other party.

9.       Severability.

         If any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be illegal
and unenforceable by any court of law, the remaining provisions shall be
severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms.

10.      Amendments.

         No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, other than as required under Section 2(f), shall be effective unless
it is in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

11.      Counterparts.

         This Agreement has been executed in two counterparts each of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

12.      Stockholders' Agreement.

         All Shares purchased pursuant to any exercise of this Option shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of, and constitute "Shares" for all purposes
under, the Stockholders' Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the
Company and the Purchaser, as amended from time to time in accordance with its
terms.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be
executed by its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer,
President or a Vice President and Optionee has executed this Agreement, both as
of the day and year first above written.

                                       AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Richard P. Johnson
                                           ----------------------
                                           Richard P. Johnson
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ J. Michael Gaither
----------------------
J. Michael Gaither
8309 Merrimack Court
Charlotte, NC 28210

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.22

                        AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Number of shares subject to option: 295,491

         This Agreement (the "Agreement") made this 12th day of June, 2002,
between American Tire Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and Daniel K. Brown (the "Optionee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

1.       Grant of Option.

         Pursuant to the provisions of American Tire Distributors, Inc. 2002
Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), the Company hereby grants to the Optionee,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and subject further to the terms
and conditions herein set forth, the right and option (the "Option") to purchase
from the Company all or any part of an aggregate of 295,491 shares of the Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock" or the
"Shares") at a purchase price of $1.40 per Share (the "Exercise Price"), such
Option to be exercised as hereinafter provided.

2.       Terms and Conditions.

         It is understood and agreed that the Option evidenced hereby is subject
to the following terms and conditions:

                  (a) Expiration Date. The Option shall expire on the tenth
anniversary of the date hereof (the "Expiration Date").

                  (b) Type of Option. This Option is intended to be eligible to
be an incentive stock option (an "Incentive Stock Option") within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code");
provided that to the extent this Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock
Option, it shall constitute a nonqualified stock option under the Code.

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                  (c) Exercise of Option. (i) Subject to the other terms of this
Agreement regarding the exercisability of this Option, the Options will vest and
be exercisable in accordance with the following schedule, which shall continue
to apply from and after the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in
this Agreement or as defined in any employment, executive severance or similar
agreement to which the Optionee is a party):

                                             Options Exercisable with respect to
                     On or After                 Cumulative Number of Shares
                     -----------             -----------------------------------
                 the date of this Agreement            59,099
                 January 1, 2003                       59,098
                 January 1, 2004                       59,098
                 January 1, 2005                       59,098
                 January 1, 2006                       59,098

                  (ii) (A) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), upon the termination
of Optionee's employment (1) by the Company without Cause (as defined below) or
by the Optionee for Good Reason (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's
death, in each case, at any time after a Qualifying Change in Control (as
defined below) or (2) by the Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a
Specified Cause Event (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death, in each
case, more than six months after a Qualifying Change in Control, the Optionee
shall be entitled to receive an amount (the "Unvested Option Amount"), payable
within five business days after demand by the Optionee or his personal
representative, equal to (x) the excess (if any) of (1) the fair market value of
all cash and freely tradable securities received by the Principal Shareholders
in exchange for each share of Common Stock or security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (giving effect to such
conversion, exercise or exchange for this purpose) sold by the Principal
Shareholders in connection with such Qualifying Change of Control over (2) the
Exercise Price multiplied by (y) the number of Shares not yet vested in
accordance with the above schedule as of the effective time of such Qualifying
Change in Control. For purpose of clause (x)(1) of the immediately preceding
sentence, the "fair market value" of a security on any date of determination
shall be the mean average of the daily closing prices or last sale prices of
such security for each of the 15 preceding days preceding such date during which
the securities exchange or market quotation system on which such security is
listed or quoted was open for business. Prior to the consummation of a
Qualifying Change in Control, the Company shall take all actions reasonably
necessary, in the good faith judgment of the Board, to ensure that (i) a
successor to the Company or transferee of assets of the Company, as appropriate,
(the "Successor Entity") assumes the obligations of the Company under this
Section 2(c)(ii)(A) and (ii) the Successor Entity provides for the issuance of a
letter of credit, establishment of an escrow account containing cash or
investment grade securities, grant of a security interest in specified property,
guaranty or similar security or credit support arrangement (in each case, on
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Optionee) to secure amounts that may become
due in respect of any Unvested Option Amount.

                  (B) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), all of the Options shall
become fully vested

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and exercisable immediately upon the termination of Optionee's employment (1) by
the Company without Cause or by the Optionee for Good Reason at any time after a
Change in Control (other than a Qualifying Change in Control); (2) by the
Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a Specified Cause Event (as
defined below) more than six months after a Change in Control (other than a
Qualifying Change in Control); or (3) due to the Optionee's death.

                  (C) When used in this Agreement:

                           "Change in Control" means the first to occur of any
         of the following: (i) the sale (including by merger, consolidation or
         sale of stock of subsidiaries or any other method) of all or
         substantially all of the assets of the Company and its consolidated
         subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any person or entity not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the holders of at least 50% of the Combined
         Voting Power (as defined in the Plan) of the then outstanding shares of
         capital stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of
         the Company as of the date of determination), (ii) at any time prior to
         the consummation of an initial public offering of Common Stock of the
         Company or other common stock of the Company having the voting power to
         elect directors, a transaction (except pursuant to such initial public
         offering) resulting in the Principal Shareholders (as defined in the
         Plan) owning, collectively, less than 50% of the Combined Voting Power
         of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
         (excluding shares owned by employees of the Company as of the date of
         determination), (iii) at any time after the consummation of an initial
         public offering of Common Stock of the Company or other common stock of
         the Company having the voting power to elect directors, the acquisition
         (except pursuant to such initial public offering) by any person or
         entity (other than the Principal Shareholders) not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the Company's stockholders of more than 30% of
         the Combined Voting Power of the then outstanding shares of capital
         stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of the
         Company as of the date of determination), (iv) individuals serving as
         directors of the Company on the Effective Date (as defined in the Plan)
         and who were nominated or selected to serve as directors by one or more
         Principal Shareholders (together with any new directors whose election
         was approved by a vote of (A) such individuals or directors whose
         election was previously so approved or (B) Principal Shareholders
         holding a majority of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock
         of the Company held by all Principal Shareholders) cease for any reason
         to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
         "Board"), (v) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
         dissolution of the Company in connection with an equity investment or
         sale or a business combination transaction or (vi) any other event or
         transaction that the Board deems to be a Change in Control.

                           "Specified Cause Event" means (1) a proven or
         admitted act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement by the Optionee
         that is detrimental to the Company or (2) the Optionee's conviction of
         or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony that is related to the
         Company or the performance of the Optionee's services for the Company.

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                           "Qualifying Change in Control" means a Change in
         Control of the type specified in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition
         thereof in which the Principal Shareholders receive cash or freely
         tradable securities or both in exchange for shares of Common Stock (or
         securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares
         of Common Stock) of the Company sold by the Principal Shareholders in
         connection therewith.

                  (iii) Options exercised in any one year shall be deducted from
the number of Options exercisable in any future year. Once vested, this Option
shall be exercisable at the following times prior to the expiration date: (A) if
the Optionee is employed by the Company at the time of exercise, at any time by
giving the Company 45 days' advance written notice or (B) if the Optionee is not
employed by the Company at the time of exercise but has the right to exercise
after termination in accordance with Section 2(d) of this Agreement, by giving
the Company written notice at any time during the period specified in Section
2(d) of this Agreement, in which case the Option shall be deemed exercised as of
the end of the calendar month in which the Company received notice of exercise
of the Option. In either case, the notice of exercise shall specify the number
of Shares as to which the Option is being exercised.

                  (iv) Upon receipt of written notice of exercise by the
Company, the Company shall, upon full payment in cash to the Company of the
Exercise Price of the Shares as to which the Option shall be exercised, issue to
the Optionee the Shares subject to the Option. Any issuance of Shares to an
Optionee pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made by the Company within
90 days after the date of exercise. For purposes of this Agreement only, the
fair market value of Shares shall be determined by such methods or procedures as
shall be established from time to time by the Board acting in its sole
discretion and in good faith. In making such determinations, the Board may rely
on a valuation report by an investment banking or valuation firm selected by the
Board. The Committee established by the Board to administer the Plan (the
"Committee") may, in its sole discretion, permit the Optionee to pay the
Exercise Price in previously acquired Shares rather than in cash.

                  (d) Exercise Upon Death or Termination of Employment.

                           (i) If the Optionee dies while an employee of the
Company, the Optionee's Designee may exercise the Option, to the extent it was
vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company written notice of such
exercise within 24 months after the date of Optionee's death, but in no event
later than the Expiration Date. An Optionee's "Designee" means the person
designated by the Optionee in his or her most recently filed beneficiary
designation filed with the Company to receive the Optionee's rights under the
Plan upon the Optionee's death, or if there is no such designation or no such
designated person survives the Optionee, by the person or persons to whom the
Optionee's rights pass by will or applicable law, or if no such person has such
right, by his executors or administrators.

                           (ii) If the Company shall terminate Optionee's
employment with the Company because of disability, the Optionee may exercise the
Option to the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the
Company written notice of such exercise within 24

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months after the date of termination of employment, but in no event later than
the Expiration Date.

                           (iii) If the Optionee terminates his employment with
the Company other than for Good Reason, the Optionee may exercise the Option to
the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company
written notice of such exercise within 90 days after the date of termination of
employment, but in no event later then the Expiration Date. For purposes of this
Agreement, "Good Reason" has the meaning set forth in the executive severance or
employment agreement, if any, then in effect between the Company and the
Optionee or, in the absence of such agreement shall mean, if the basis for such
Good Reason is not cured within a reasonable period of time (determined in light
of the cure appropriate to the basis of such Good Reason, but in no event less
than 15 days), the failure of the Company to pay any undisputed amount due to
the Optionee in connection with his employment by the Company.

                           (iv) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
any reason other than death, disability or Cause (as hereinafter defined), or if
the Optionee shall terminate his employment with the Company for Good Reason,
the Optionee may exercise the Option to the extent it was vested on the date of
termination or, otherwise would have vested in the 12 months thereafter, in
either event according to the applicable vesting schedule in Section 3(c)(i), by
giving the Company written notice of such exercise within 24 months after the
date of termination of employment, but in no event later than the Expiration
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee shall forfeit his right to
exercise any Options that would have vested within the 12 months after
termination, if the Optionee violates the terms regarding non-competition set
forth in the Optionee's executive severance or employment agreement.

                           (v) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
Cause, all right to exercise the Option shall terminate at the date of such
termination of employment. For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" has the
meaning set forth in the executive severance or employment agreement, if any,
then in effect between the Company and the Optionee or, in the absence of such
agreement, shall mean (i) the Optionee's conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony, (ii) the Optionee's gross negligence in the performance
of his duties as an employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the
Company, (iii) the Optionee's knowingly dishonest act, or knowing bad faith or
willful misconduct in the performance of his duties as an employee, officer,
director or independent contractor of the Company, or (iv) the Optionee's
material breach of any confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation,
agreement to assign work product and inventions or similar covenant or agreement
of the Optionee.

                           (vi) In the event of termination of employment, if an
Incentive Stock Option is exercised after the expiration of the exercise periods
that apply for purposes of Section 422 of the Code, such stock option shall
thereafter be treated as a nonqualified stock option.

                  (e) Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 2(e), the Option is not transferable other than as designated by the
Optionee in his or her most recently filed Beneficiary designation filed with
the Company, or if there is no such designation or no such

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designated person survives the Optionee, as designated by the Optionee, by will
or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during the Optionee's life, may
be exercised only by the Optionee. However, an Optionee, with the approval of
the Committee, may transfer the Option for no consideration to or for the
benefit of the Optionee's Immediate Family or to a partnership or limited
liability company for one or more members of the Optionee's Immediate Family,
subject to such limits as the Committee may establish, and the transferee shall
remain subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to Options prior to
such transfer. The foregoing right to transfer the Option shall apply to the
right to consent to amendments to this Agreement and, in the discretion of the
Committee, shall also apply to the right to transfer ancillary rights associated
with the Option. The term "Immediate Family" shall mean the Optionee's spouse,
parents, children, stepchildren, adoptive relationships, sisters, brothers,
nieces, nephews and grandchildren (and, for this purpose, shall also include the
Optionee).

                  (f) Adjustments. In the event of any change in corporate
capitalization (including, but not limited to, a change in the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding), such as a stock split or a corporate transaction,
such as any merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other
distribution of stock or property of the Company, any reorganization (whether or
not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368
of the Code) or any partial or complete liquidation of the Company, the
Committee or Board may make such substitution or adjustments in the number, kind
and option price of shares subject to the Option and/or such other equitable
substitution or adjustments as it may determine to be appropriate in its sole
discretion; provided, however, that the number of shares subject to the Option
shall always be a whole number. In the event of a corporate merger,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or
liquidation, the Board shall be authorized to cause the Company to issue or
assume stock options, whether or not in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of
the Code applies, by means of substitution of new stock options for previously
issued stock options or an assumption of previously issued stock options.

                  (g) No Rights as Stockholder. The Optionee shall have no
rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to the Option prior
to the date of issuance to the Optionee of a certificate or certificates for
such Shares.

                  (h) Optionee Acknowledgement.  The Optionee acknowledges that:

                           (i) the future value of the Company is highly
speculative;

                           (ii) the Optionee is not relying on the value of this
Option as current compensation;

                           (iii) the Company has no obligation to the Optionee
to sell the Company or to sell Shares publicly (which may have the effect of
reducing the value of the Company);

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                           (iv) upon exercise of this Option, unless the Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Options have been registered under applicable
securities laws, there will be substantial restrictions on the transferability
of the Shares; and

                           (v) the past performance or experience of the
Company, the Company's officers, directors, agents, or employees, will not in
any way indicate or predict the results of the ownership of Shares or of the
Company's activities.

                  (i) No Right to Continued Employment. The Option shall not
confer upon the Optionee any right with respect to continuance of employment by
the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Optionee's
employer to terminate the Optionee's employment at any time.

                  (j) Compliance With Law and Regulations. The Option herein
granted and the obligation of the Company to sell and deliver shares hereunder,
shall be subject to all applicable Federal and State laws, rules and regulations
and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required.
The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates for
Shares prior to (i) the listing of such Shares on any stock exchange or national
market quotations system on which the Shares may then be listed and (ii) the
completion of any registration or qualification of such Shares under any Federal
or State law, or any rule or regulation of any government body which the Company
shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable. Moreover,
the Option herein granted may not be exercised if its exercise, or the receipt
of Shares pursuant hereto, would be contrary to applicable law.

3.       Optionee Bound by Plan.

         The Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and
agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions thereof.

4.       Disqualifying Disposition

         If the Optionee disposes of Shares acquired upon exercise of this
Option within two year from the date of the grant of such Option or one year
after such Shares were acquired pursuant to exercise of this Option, the
Optionee shall notify the Company in writing of such disposition.

5.       Notices.

         All notices or any other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and delivered personally or by registered or certified mail or overnight
courier, addressed, if to the Company, to American Tire Distributors, Inc.,
12200 Herbert Wayne Court, Suite 150, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078;
Attention: President, and if to the Optionee, at the address set forth below,
subject to the right of either party to designate at any time hereafter in
writing some other address.

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6.       Governing Law.

         This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws
principles.

7.       No Assignment.

         Except as provided in Section 2(e), neither this Agreement nor any of
the rights or obligations of the Optionee hereunder may be transferred or
assigned by the Optionee.

8.       Benefits.

         This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and
not for the benefit of any other party.

9.       Severability.

         If any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be illegal
and unenforceable by any court of law, the remaining provisions shall be
severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms.

10.      Amendments.

         No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, other than as required under Section 2(f), shall be effective unless
it is in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

11.      Counterparts.

         This Agreement has been executed in two counterparts each of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

12.      Stockholders' Agreement.

         All Shares purchased pursuant to any exercise of this Option shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of, and constitute "Shares" for all purposes
under, the Stockholders' Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the
Company and the Purchaser, as amended from time to time in accordance with its
terms.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be
executed by its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer,
President or a Vice President and Optionee has executed this Agreement, both as
of the day and year first above written.

                                       AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Richard P. Johnson
                                           ----------------------
                                           Richard P. Johnson
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Daniel K. Brown
-------------------
Daniel K. Brown
17915 Jetton Road
Cornelius, NC 27031

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.22

                        AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Number of shares subject to option: 295,491

         This Agreement (the "Agreement") made this 12th day of June, 2002,
between American Tire Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and Phillip E. Marrett (the "Optionee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

1.       Grant of Option.

         Pursuant to the provisions of American Tire Distributors, Inc. 2002
Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), the Company hereby grants to the Optionee,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and subject further to the terms
and conditions herein set forth, the right and option (the "Option") to purchase
from the Company all or any part of an aggregate of 295,491 shares of the Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock" or the
"Shares") at a purchase price of $1.40 per Share (the "Exercise Price"), such
Option to be exercised as hereinafter provided.

2.       Terms and Conditions.

         It is understood and agreed that the Option evidenced hereby is subject
to the following terms and conditions:

                  (a) Expiration Date. The Option shall expire on the tenth
anniversary of the date hereof (the "Expiration Date").

                  (b) Type of Option. This Option is intended to be eligible to
be an incentive stock option (an "Incentive Stock Option") within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code");
provided that to the extent this Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock
Option, it shall constitute a nonqualified stock option under the Code.

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                  (c) Exercise of Option. (i) Subject to the other terms of this
Agreement regarding the exercisability of this Option, the Options will vest and
be exercisable in accordance with the following schedule, which shall continue
to apply from and after the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in
this Agreement or as defined in any employment, executive severance or similar
agreement to which the Optionee is a party):

                                             Options Exercisable with respect to
                     On or After                 Cumulative Number of Shares
                     -----------             -----------------------------------
                 the date of this Agreement            59,099
                 January 1, 2003                       59,098
                 January 1, 2004                       59,098
                 January 1, 2005                       59,098
                 January 1, 2006                       59,098

                  (ii) (A) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), upon the termination
of Optionee's employment (1) by the Company without Cause (as defined below), by
the Optionee for Good Reason (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death,
in each case, at any time after a Qualifying Change in Control (as defined
below) or (2) by the Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a
Specified Cause Event (as defined below) or due to the Optonee's death, in each
case, more than six months after a Qualifying Change in Control, the Optionee
shall be entitled to receive an amount (the "Unvested Option Amount"), payable
within five business days after demand by the Optionee or his personal
representative, equal to (x) the excess (if any) of (1) the fair market value of
all cash and freely tradable securities received by the Principal Shareholders
in exchange for each share of Common Stock or security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (giving effect to such
conversion, exercise or exchange for this purpose) sold by the Principal
Shareholders in connection with such Qualifying Change of Control over (2) the
Exercise Price multiplied by (y) the number of Shares not yet vested in
accordance with the above schedule as of the effective time of such Qualifying
Change in Control. For purpose of clause (x)(1) of the immediately preceding
sentence, the "fair market value" of a security on any date of determination
shall be the mean average of the daily closing prices or last sale prices of
such security for each of the 15 preceding days preceding such date during which
the securities exchange or market quotation system on which such security is
listed or quoted was open for business. Prior to the consummation of a
Qualifying Change in Control, the Company shall take all actions reasonably
necessary, in the good faith judgment of the Board, to ensure that (i) a
successor to the Company or transferee of assets of the Company, as appropriate,
(the "Successor Entity") assumes the obligations of the Company under this
Section 2(c)(ii)(A) and (ii) the Successor Entity provides for the issuance of a
letter of credit, establishment of an escrow account containing cash or
investment grade securities, grant of a security interest in specified property,
guaranty or similar security or credit support arrangement (in each case, on
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Optionee) to secure amounts that may become
due in respect of any Unvested Option Amount.

                  (B) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), all of the Options shall
become fully vested

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and exercisable immediately upon the termination of Optionee's employment (1) by
the Company without Cause or by the Optionee for Good Reason at any time after a
Change in Control (other than a Qualifying Change in Control) or (2) by the
Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a Specified Cause Event (as
defined below) more than six months after a Change in Control (other than a
Qualifying Change in Control).

                  (C) When used in this Agreement:

                           "Change in Control" means the first to occur of any
         of the following: (i) the sale (including by merger, consolidation or
         sale of stock of subsidiaries or any other method) of all or
         substantially all of the assets of the Company and its consolidated
         subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any person or entity not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the holders of at least 50% of the Combined
         Voting Power (as defined in the Plan) of the then outstanding shares of
         capital stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of
         the Company as of the date of determination), (ii) at any time prior to
         the consummation of an initial public offering of Common Stock of the
         Company or other common stock of the Company having the voting power to
         elect directors, a transaction (except pursuant to such initial public
         offering) resulting in the Principal Shareholders (as defined in the
         Plan) owning, collectively, less than 50% of the Combined Voting Power
         of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
         (excluding shares owned by employees of the Company as of the date of
         determination), (iii) at any time after the consummation of an initial
         public offering of Common Stock of the Company or other common stock of
         the Company having the voting power to elect directors, the acquisition
         (except pursuant to such initial public offering) by any person or
         entity (other than the Principal Shareholders) not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the Company's stockholders of more than 30% of
         the Combined Voting Power of the then outstanding shares of capital
         stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of the
         Company as of the date of determination), (iv) individuals serving as
         directors of the Company on the Effective Date (as defined in the Plan)
         and who were nominated or selected to serve as directors by one or more
         Principal Shareholders (together with any new directors whose election
         was approved by a vote of (A) such individuals or directors whose
         election was previously so approved or (B) Principal Shareholders
         holding a majority of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock
         of the Company held by all Principal Shareholders) cease for any reason
         to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
         "Board"), (v) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
         dissolution of the Company in connection with an equity investment or
         sale or a business combination transaction or (vi) any other event or
         transaction that the Board deems to be a Change in Control.

                           "Specified Cause Event" means (1) a proven or
         admitted act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement by the Optionee
         that is detrimental to the Company or (2) the Optionee's conviction of
         or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony that is related to the
         Company or the performance of the Optionee's services for the Company.

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                           "Qualifying Change in Control" means a Change in
         Control of the type specified in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition
         thereof in which the Principal Shareholders receive cash or freely
         tradable securities or both in exchange for shares of Common Stock (or
         securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares
         of Common Stock) of the Company sold by the Principal Shareholders in
         connection therewith.

                  (iii) Options exercised in any one year shall be deducted from
the number of Options exercisable in any future year. Once vested, this Option
shall be exercisable at the following times prior to the expiration date: (A) if
the Optionee is employed by the Company at the time of exercise, at any time by
giving the Company 45 days' advance written notice or (B) if the Optionee is not
employed by the Company at the time of exercise but has the right to exercise
after termination in accordance with Section 2(d) of this Agreement, by giving
the Company written notice at any time during the period specified in Section
2(d) of this Agreement, in which case the Option shall be deemed exercised as of
the end of the calendar month in which the Company received notice of exercise
of the Option. In either case, the notice of exercise shall specify the number
of Shares as to which the Option is being exercised.

                  (iv) Upon receipt of written notice of exercise by the
Company, the Company shall, upon full payment in cash to the Company of the
Exercise Price of the Shares as to which the Option shall be exercised, issue to
the Optionee the Shares subject to the Option. Any issuance of Shares to an
Optionee pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made by the Company within
90 days after the date of exercise. For purposes of this Agreement only, the
fair market value of Shares shall be determined by such methods or procedures as
shall be established from time to time by the Board acting in its sole
discretion and in good faith. In making such determinations, the Board may rely
on a valuation report by an investment banking or valuation firm selected by the
Board. The Committee established by the Board to administer the Plan (the
"Committee") may, in its sole discretion, permit the Optionee to pay the
Exercise Price in previously acquired Shares rather than in cash.

                  (d) Exercise Upon Death or Termination of Employment.

                           (i) If the Optionee dies while an employee of the
Company, the Optionee's Designee may exercise the Option, to the extent it was
vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company written notice of such
exercise within 24 months after the date of Optionee's death, but in no event
later than the Expiration Date. An Optionee's "Designee" means the person
designated by the Optionee in his or her most recently filed beneficiary
designation filed with the Company to receive the Optionee's rights under the
Plan upon the Optionee's death, or if there is no such designation or no such
designated person survives the Optionee, by the person or persons to whom the
Optionee's rights pass by will or applicable law, or if no such person has such
right, by his executors or administrators.

                           (ii) If the Company shall terminate Optionee's
employment with the Company because of disability, the Optionee may exercise the
Option to the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the
Company written notice of such exercise within 24

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months after the date of termination of employment, but in no event later than
the Expiration Date.

                           (iii) If the Optionee terminates his employment with
the Company other than for Good Reason, the Optionee may exercise the Option to
the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company
written notice of such exercise within 90 days after the date of termination of
employment, but in no event later then the Expiration Date. For purposes of this
Agreement, "Good Reason" has the meaning set forth in the executive severance or
employment agreement, if any, then in effect between the Company and the
Optionee or, in the absence of such agreement shall mean, if the basis for such
Good Reason is not cured within a reasonable period of time (determined in light
of the cure appropriate to the basis of such Good Reason, but in no event less
than 15 days), the failure of the Company to pay any undisputed amount due to
the Optionee in connection with his employment by the Company.

                           (iv) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
any reason other than death, disability or Cause (as hereinafter defined), or if
the Optionee shall terminate his employment with the Company for Good Reason,
the Optionee may exercise the Option to the extent it was vested on the date of
termination or, otherwise would have vested in the 12 months thereafter, in
either event according to the applicable vesting schedule in Section 3(c)(i), by
giving the Company written notice of such exercise within 24 months after the
date of termination of employment, but in no event later than the Expiration
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee shall forfeit his right to
exercise any Options that would have vested within the 12 months after
termination, if the Optionee violates the terms regarding non-competition set
forth in the Optionee's executive severance or employment agreement.

                           (v) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
Cause, all right to exercise the Option shall terminate at the date of such
termination of employment. For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" has the
meaning set forth in the executive severance or employment agreement, if any,
then in effect between the Company and the Optionee or, in the absence of such
agreement, shall mean (i) the Optionee's conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony, (ii) the Optionee's gross negligence in the performance
of his duties as an employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the
Company, (iii) the Optionee's knowingly dishonest act, or knowing bad faith or
willful misconduct in the performance of his duties as an employee, officer,
director or independent contractor of the Company, or (iv) the Optionee's
material breach of any confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation,
agreement to assign work product and inventions or similar covenant or agreement
of the Optionee.

                           (vi) In the event of termination of employment, if an
Incentive Stock Option is exercised after the expiration of the exercise periods
that apply for purposes of Section 422 of the Code, such stock option shall
thereafter be treated as a nonqualified stock option.

                  (e) Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 2(e), the Option is not transferable other than as designated by the
Optionee in his or her most recently filed Beneficiary designation filed with
the Company, or if there is no such designation or no such

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designated person survives the Optionee, as designated by the Optionee, by will
or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during the Optionee's life, may
be exercised only by the Optionee. However, an Optionee, with the approval of
the Committee, may transfer the Option for no consideration to or for the
benefit of the Optionee's Immediate Family or to a partnership or limited
liability company for one or more members of the Optionee's Immediate Family,
subject to such limits as the Committee may establish, and the transferee shall
remain subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to Options prior to
such transfer. The foregoing right to transfer the Option shall apply to the
right to consent to amendments to this Agreement and, in the discretion of the
Committee, shall also apply to the right to transfer ancillary rights associated
with the Option. The term "Immediate Family" shall mean the Optionee's spouse,
parents, children, stepchildren, adoptive relationships, sisters, brothers,
nieces, nephews and grandchildren (and, for this purpose, shall also include the
Optionee).

                  (f) Adjustments. In the event of any change in corporate
capitalization (including, but not limited to, a change in the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding), such as a stock split or a corporate transaction,
such as any merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other
distribution of stock or property of the Company, any reorganization (whether or
not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368
of the Code) or any partial or complete liquidation of the Company, the
Committee or Board may make such substitution or adjustments in the number, kind
and option price of shares subject to the Option and/or such other equitable
substitution or adjustments as it may determine to be appropriate in its sole
discretion; provided, however, that the number of shares subject to the Option
shall always be a whole number. In the event of a corporate merger,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or
liquidation, the Board shall be authorized to cause the Company to issue or
assume stock options, whether or not in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of
the Code applies, by means of substitution of new stock options for previously
issued stock options or an assumption of previously issued stock options.

                  (g) No Rights as Stockholder. The Optionee shall have no
rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to the Option prior
to the date of issuance to the Optionee of a certificate or certificates for
such Shares.

                  (h) Optionee Acknowledgement.  The Optionee acknowledges that:

                           (i) the future value of the Company is highly
speculative;

                           (ii) the Optionee is not relying on the value of this
Option as current compensation;

                           (iii) the Company has no obligation to the Optionee
to sell the Company or to sell Shares publicly (which may have the effect of
reducing the value of the Company);

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                           (iv) upon exercise of this Option, unless the Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Options have been registered under applicable
securities laws, there will be substantial restrictions on the transferability
of the Shares; and

                           (v) the past performance or experience of the
Company, the Company's officers, directors, agents, or employees, will not in
any way indicate or predict the results of the ownership of Shares or of the
Company's activities.

                  (i) No Right to Continued Employment. The Option shall not
confer upon the Optionee any right with respect to continuance of employment by
the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Optionee's
employer to terminate the Optionee's employment at any time.

                  (j) Compliance With Law and Regulations. The Option herein
granted and the obligation of the Company to sell and deliver shares hereunder,
shall be subject to all applicable Federal and State laws, rules and regulations
and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required.
The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates for
Shares prior to (i) the listing of such Shares on any stock exchange or national
market quotations system on which the Shares may then be listed and (ii) the
completion of any registration or qualification of such Shares under any Federal
or State law, or any rule or regulation of any government body which the Company
shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable. Moreover,
the Option herein granted may not be exercised if its exercise, or the receipt
of Shares pursuant hereto, would be contrary to applicable law.

3.       Optionee Bound by Plan.

         The Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and
agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions thereof.

4.       Disqualifying Disposition

         If the Optionee disposes of Shares acquired upon exercise of this
Option within two year from the date of the grant of such Option or one year
after such Shares were acquired pursuant to exercise of this Option, the
Optionee shall notify the Company in writing of such disposition.

5.       Notices.

         All notices or any other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and delivered personally or by registered or certified mail or overnight
courier, addressed, if to the Company, to American Tire Distributors, Inc.,
12200 Herbert Wayne Court, Suite 150, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078;
Attention: President, and if to the Optionee, at the address set forth below,
subject to the right of either party to designate at any time hereafter in
writing some other address.

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6.       Governing Law.

         This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws
principles.

7.       No Assignment.

         Except as provided in Section 2(e), neither this Agreement nor any of
the rights or obligations of the Optionee hereunder may be transferred or
assigned by the Optionee.

8.       Benefits.

         This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and
not for the benefit of any other party.

9.       Severability.

         If any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be illegal
and unenforceable by any court of law, the remaining provisions shall be
severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms.

10.      Amendments.

         No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, other than as required under Section 2(f), shall be effective unless
it is in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

11.      Counterparts.

         This Agreement has been executed in two counterparts each of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

12.      Stockholders' Agreement.

         All Shares purchased pursuant to any exercise of this Option shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of, and constitute "Shares" for all purposes
under, the Stockholders' Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the
Company and the Purchaser, as amended from time to time in accordance with its
terms.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be
executed by its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer,
President or a Vice President and Optionee has executed this Agreement, both as
of the day and year first above written.

                                       AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Richard P. Johnson
                                           ----------------------
                                           Richard P. Johnson
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Phillip E. Marrett
----------------------
Phillip E. Marrett
2630 Rolling Ridge Drive
Hickory, NC 28602

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.22

                        AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Number of shares subject to option:  357,140

         This Agreement (the "Agreement") made this 12th day of June, 2002,
between American Tire Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and Richard P. Johnson (the "Optionee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

1.       Grant of Option.

         Pursuant to the provisions of American Tire Distributors, Inc. 2002
Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), the Company hereby grants to the Optionee,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and subject further to the terms
and conditions herein set forth, the right and option (the "Option") to purchase
from the Company all or any part of an aggregate of 357,140 shares of the Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock" or the
"Shares") at a purchase price of $1.40 per Share (the "Exercise Price"), such
Option to be exercised as hereinafter provided.

2.       Terms and Conditions.

         It is understood and agreed that the Option evidenced hereby is subject
to the following terms and conditions:

                  (a) Expiration Date. The Option shall expire on the tenth
anniversary of the date hereof (the "Expiration Date").

                  (b) Type of Option. This Option is intended to be eligible to
be an incentive stock option (an "Incentive Stock Option") within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code");
provided that to the extent this Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock
Option, it shall constitute a nonqualified stock option under the Code.

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                  (c) Exercise of Option. (i) Subject to the other terms of this
Agreement regarding the exercisability of this Option, the Options will vest and
be exercisable in accordance with the following schedule, which shall continue
to apply from and after the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in
this Agreement or as defined in any employment, executive severance or similar
agreement to which the Optionee is a party):

                                             Options Exercisable with respect to
                     On or After                 Cumulative Number of Shares
                     -----------             -----------------------------------
                 the date of this Agreement            71,428
                 January 1, 2003                       71,428
                 January 1, 2004                       71,428
                 January 1, 2005                       71,428
                 January 1, 2006                       71,428

                  (ii) (A) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), upon the termination
of Optionee's employment (1) by the Company without Cause (as defined below), by
the Optionee for Good Reason (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death,
in each case, at any time after a Qualifying Change in Control (as defined
below) or (2) by the Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a
Specified Cause Event (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death, in each
case, more than six months after a Qualifying Change in Control, the Optionee
shall be entitled to receive an amount (the "Unvested Option Amount"), payable
within five business days after demand by the Optionee or his personal
representative, equal to (x) the excess (if any) of (1) the fair market value of
all cash and freely tradable securities received by the Principal Shareholders
in exchange for each share of Common Stock or security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (giving effect to such
conversion, exercise or exchange for this purpose) sold by the Principal
Shareholders in connection with such Qualifying Change of Control over (2) the
Exercise Price multiplied by (y) the number of Shares not yet vested in
accordance with the above schedule as of the effective time of such Qualifying
Change in Control. For purpose of clause (x)(1) of the immediately preceding
sentence, the "fair market value" of a security on any date of determination
shall be the mean average of the daily closing prices or last sale prices of
such security for each of the 15 preceding days preceding such date during which
the securities exchange or market quotation system on which such security is
listed or quoted was open for business. Prior to the consummation of a
Qualifying Change in Control, the Company shall take all actions reasonably
necessary, in the good faith judgment of the Board, to ensure that (i) a
successor to the Company or transferee of assets of the Company, as appropriate,
(the "Successor Entity") assumes the obligations of the Company under this
Section 2(c)(ii)(A) and (ii) the Successor Entity provides for the issuance of a
letter of credit, establishment of an escrow account containing cash or
investment grade securities, grant of a security interest in specified property,
guaranty or similar security or credit support arrangement (in each case, on
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Optionee) to secure amounts that may become
due in respect of any Unvested Option Amount.

                  (B) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), all of the Options shall
become fully vested and exercisable immediately upon the termination of
Optionee's employment (1) by the

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Company without Cause or by the Optionee for Good Reason at any time after a
Change in Control (other than a Qualifying Change in Control); (2) by the
Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a Specified Cause Event (as
defined below) more than six months after a Change in Control (other than a
Qualifying Change in Control); or (3) due to the Optionee's death..

                  (C) When used in this Agreement:

                           "Change in Control" means the first to occur of any
         of the following: (i) the sale (including by merger, consolidation or
         sale of stock of subsidiaries or any other method) of all or
         substantially all of the assets of the Company and its consolidated
         subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any person or entity not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the holders of at least 50% of the Combined
         Voting Power (as defined in the Plan) of the then outstanding shares of
         capital stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of
         the Company as of the date of determination), (ii) at any time prior to
         the consummation of an initial public offering of Common Stock of the
         Company or other common stock of the Company having the voting power to
         elect directors, a transaction (except pursuant to such initial public
         offering) resulting in the Principal Shareholders (as defined in the
         Plan) owning, collectively, less than 50% of the Combined Voting Power
         of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
         (excluding shares owned by employees of the Company as of the date of
         determination), (iii) at any time after the consummation of an initial
         public offering of Common Stock of the Company or other common stock of
         the Company having the voting power to elect directors, the acquisition
         (except pursuant to such initial public offering) by any person or
         entity (other than the Principal Shareholders) not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the Company's stockholders of more than 30% of
         the Combined Voting Power of the then outstanding shares of capital
         stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of the
         Company as of the date of determination), (iv) individuals serving as
         directors of the Company on the Effective Date (as defined in the Plan)
         and who were nominated or selected to serve as directors by one or more
         Principal Shareholders (together with any new directors whose election
         was approved by a vote of (A) such individuals or directors whose
         election was previously so approved or (B) Principal Shareholders
         holding a majority of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock
         of the Company held by all Principal Shareholders) cease for any reason
         to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
         "Board"), (v) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
         dissolution of the Company in connection with an equity investment or
         sale or a business combination transaction or (vi) any other event or
         transaction that the Board deems to be a Change in Control.

                           "Specified Cause Event" means (1) a proven or
         admitted act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement by the Optionee
         that is detrimental to the Company or (2) the Optionee's conviction of
         or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony that is related to the
         Company or the performance of the Optionee's services for the Company.

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                           "Qualifying Change in Control" means a Change in
         Control of the type specified in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition
         thereof in which the Principal Shareholders receive cash or freely
         tradable securities or both in exchange for shares of Common Stock (or
         securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares
         of Common Stock) of the Company sold by the Principal Shareholders in
         connection therewith.

                  (iii) Options exercised in any one year shall be deducted from
the number of Options exercisable in any future year. Once vested, this Option
shall be exercisable at the following times prior to the expiration date: (A) if
the Optionee is employed by the Company at the time of exercise, at any time by
giving the Company 45 days' advance written notice or (B) if the Optionee is not
employed by the Company at the time of exercise but has the right to exercise
after termination in accordance with Section 2(d) of this Agreement, by giving
the Company written notice at any time during the period specified in Section
2(d) of this Agreement, in which case the Option shall be deemed exercised as of
the end of the calendar month in which the Company received notice of exercise
of the Option. In either case, the notice of exercise shall specify the number
of Shares as to which the Option is being exercised.

                  (iv) Upon receipt of written notice of exercise by the
Company, the Company shall, upon full payment in cash to the Company of the
Exercise Price of the Shares as to which the Option shall be exercised, issue to
the Optionee the Shares subject to the Option. Any issuance of Shares to an
Optionee pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made by the Company within
90 days after the date of exercise. For purposes of this Agreement only, the
fair market value of Shares shall be determined by such methods or procedures as
shall be established from time to time by the Board acting in its sole
discretion and in good faith. In making such determinations, the Board may rely
on a valuation report by an investment banking or valuation firm selected by the
Board. The Committee established by the Board to administer the Plan (the
"Committee") may, in its sole discretion, permit the Optionee to pay the
Exercise Price in previously acquired Shares rather than in cash.

                  (d) Exercise Upon Death or Termination of Employment.

                           (i) If the Optionee dies while an employee of the
Company, the Optionee's Designee may exercise the Option, to the extent it was
vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company written notice of such
exercise within 36 months after the date of Optionee's death, but in no event
later than the Expiration Date. An Optionee's "Designee" means the person
designated by the Optionee in his or her most recently filed beneficiary
designation filed with the Company to receive the Optionee's rights under the
Plan upon the Optionee's death, or if there is no such designation or no such
designated person survives the Optionee, by the person or persons to whom the
Optionee's rights pass by will or applicable law, or if no such person has such
right, by his executors or administrators.

                           (ii) If the Company shall terminate Optionee's
employment with the Company because of disability, the Optionee may exercise the
Option to the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the
Company written notice of such exercise within 36

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months after the date of termination of employment, but in no event later than
the Expiration Date.

                           (iii) If the Optionee terminates his employment with
the Company other than for Good Reason, the Optionee may exercise the Option to
the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company
written notice of such exercise within 90 days after the date of termination of
employment, but in no event later then the Expiration Date. For purposes of this
Agreement, "Good Reason" has the meaning set forth in the executive severance or
employment agreement, if any, then in effect between the Company and the
Optionee or, in the absence of such agreement shall mean, if the basis for such
Good Reason is not cured within a reasonable period of time (determined in light
of the cure appropriate to the basis of such Good Reason, but in no event less
than 15 days), the failure of the Company to pay any undisputed amount due to
the Optionee in connection with his employment by the Company.

                           (iv) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
any reason other than death, disability or Cause (as hereinafter defined), or if
the Optionee shall terminate his employment with the Company for Good Reason,
the Optionee may exercise the Option to the extent it was vested on the date of
termination or, otherwise would have vested in the 12 months thereafter, in
either event according to the applicable vesting schedule in Section 3(c)(i), by
giving the Company written notice of such exercise within 36 months after the
date of termination of employment, but in no event later than the Expiration
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee shall forfeit his right to
exercise any Options that would have vested within the 12 months after
termination, if the Optionee violates the terms regarding non-competition set
forth in the Optionee's executive severance or employment agreement.

                           (v) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
Cause, all right to exercise the Option shall terminate at the date of such
termination of employment. For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" has the
meaning set forth in the executive severance or employment agreement, if any,
then in effect between the Company and the Optionee or, in the absence of such
agreement, shall mean (i) the Optionee's conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony, (ii) the Optionee's gross negligence in the performance
of his duties as an employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the
Company, (iii) the Optionee's knowingly dishonest act, or knowing bad faith or
willful misconduct in the performance of his duties as an employee, officer,
director or independent contractor of the Company, or (iv) the Optionee's
material breach of any confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation,
agreement to assign work product and inventions or similar covenant or agreement
of the Optionee.

                           (vi) In the event of termination of employment, if an
Incentive Stock Option is exercised after the expiration of the exercise periods
that apply for purposes of Section 422 of the Code, such stock option shall
thereafter be treated as a nonqualified stock option.

                  (e) Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 2(e), the Option is not transferable other than as designated by the
Optionee in his or her most recently filed Beneficiary designation filed with
the Company, or if there is no such designation or no such designated person
survives the Optionee, as designated by the Optionee, by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution, and during the Optionee's life, may be exercised only
by the Optionee. However, an Optionee, with the approval of the Committee, may
transfer the Option for no consideration to or for the benefit of the Optionee's
Immediate Family or to a partnership or

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limited liability company for one or more members of the Optionee's Immediate
Family, subject to such limits as the Committee may establish, and the
transferee shall remain subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to
Options prior to such transfer. The foregoing right to transfer the Option shall
apply to the right to consent to amendments to this Agreement and, in the
discretion of the Committee, shall also apply to the right to transfer ancillary
rights associated with the Option. The term "Immediate Family" shall mean the
Optionee's spouse, parents, children, stepchildren, adoptive relationships,
sisters, brothers, nieces, nephews and grandchildren (and, for this purpose,
shall also include the Optionee).

                  (f) Adjustments. In the event of any change in corporate
capitalization (including, but not limited to, a change in the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding), such as a stock split or a corporate transaction,
such as any merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other
distribution of stock or property of the Company, any reorganization (whether or
not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368
of the Code) or any partial or complete liquidation of the Company, the
Committee or Board may make such substitution or adjustments in the number, kind
and option price of shares subject to the Option and/or such other equitable
substitution or adjustments as it may determine to be appropriate in its sole
discretion; provided, however, that the number of shares subject to the Option
shall always be a whole number. In the event of a corporate merger,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or
liquidation, the Board shall be authorized to cause the Company to issue or
assume stock options, whether or not in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of
the Code applies, by means of substitution of new stock options for previously
issued stock options or an assumption of previously issued stock options.

                  (g) No Rights as Stockholder. The Optionee shall have no
rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to the Option prior
to the date of issuance to the Optionee of a certificate or certificates for
such Shares.

                  (h) Optionee Acknowledgement.  The Optionee acknowledges that:

                           (i) the future value of the Company is highly
speculative;

                           (ii) the Optionee is not relying on the value of this
Option as current compensation;

                           (iii) the Company has no obligation to the Optionee
to sell the Company or to sell Shares publicly (which may have the effect of
reducing the value of the Company);

                           (iv) upon exercise of this Option, unless the Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Options have been registered under applicable
securities laws, there will be substantial restrictions on the transferability
of the Shares; and

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                           (v) the past performance or experience of the
Company, the Company's officers, directors, agents, or employees, will not in
any way indicate or predict the results of the ownership of Shares or of the
Company's activities.

                  (i) No Right to Continued Employment. The Option shall not
confer upon the Optionee any right with respect to continuance of employment by
the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Optionee's
employer to terminate the Optionee's employment at any time.

                  (j) Compliance With Law and Regulations. The Option herein
granted and the obligation of the Company to sell and deliver shares hereunder,
shall be subject to all applicable Federal and State laws, rules and regulations
and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required.
The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates for
Shares prior to (i) the listing of such Shares on any stock exchange or national
market quotations system on which the Shares may then be listed and (ii) the
completion of any registration or qualification of such Shares under any Federal
or State law, or any rule or regulation of any government body which the Company
shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable. Moreover,
the Option herein granted may not be exercised if its exercise, or the receipt
of Shares pursuant hereto, would be contrary to applicable law.

3.       Optionee Bound by Plan.

         The Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and
agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions thereof.

4.       Disqualifying Disposition

         If the Optionee disposes of Shares acquired upon exercise of this
Option within two year from the date of the grant of such Option or one year
after such Shares were acquired pursuant to exercise of this Option, the
Optionee shall notify the Company in writing of such disposition.

5.       Notices.

         All notices or any other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and delivered personally or by registered or certified mail or overnight
courier, addressed, if to the Company, to American Tire Distributors, Inc.,
12200 Herbert Wayne Court, Suite 150, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078;
Attention: President, and if to the Optionee, at the address set forth below,
subject to the right of either party to designate at any time hereafter in
writing some other address.

6.       Governing Law.

         This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws
principles.

7.       No Assignment.

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         Except as provided in Section 2(e), neither this Agreement nor any of
the rights or obligations of the Optionee hereunder may be transferred or
assigned by the Optionee.

8.       Benefits.

         This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and
not for the benefit of any other party.

9.       Severability.

         If any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be illegal
and unenforceable by any court of law, the remaining provisions shall be
severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms.

10.      Amendments.

         No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, other than as required under Section 2(f), shall be effective unless
it is in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

11.      Counterparts.

         This Agreement has been executed in two counterparts each of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

12.      Stockholders' Agreement.

         All Shares purchased pursuant to any exercise of this Option shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of, and constitute "Shares" for all purposes
under, the Stockholders' Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the
Company and the Purchaser, as amended from time to time in accordance with its
terms.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be
executed by its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer,
President or a Vice President and Optionee has executed this Agreement, both as
of the day and year first above written.

                                               AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

                                               By: /s/ J. Michael Gaither
                                                   ----------------------
                                                   J. Michael Gaither
                                                   Executive Vice President and
                                                   General Counsel

/s/ Richard P. Johnson
----------------------
Richard P. Johnson
18816 Balmore Pines Lane
Cornelius, NC 28031

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.22

                        AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
                                 (NON-QUALIFIED)

Number of shares subject to option: 455,461

         This Agreement (the "Agreement") made this 12th day of June, 2002,
between American Tire Distributors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and Richard P. Johnson (the "Optionee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

1.       Grant of Option.

         Pursuant to the provisions of American Tire Distributors, Inc. 2002
Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), the Company hereby grants to the Optionee,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and subject further to the terms
and conditions herein set forth, the right and option (the "Option") to purchase
from the Company all or any part of an aggregate of 455,461 shares of the Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock" or the
"Shares") at a purchase price of $1.40 per Share (the "Exercise Price"), such
Option to be exercised as hereinafter provided.

2.       Terms and Conditions.

         It is understood and agreed that the Option evidenced hereby is subject
to the following terms and conditions:

                  (a) Expiration Date. The Option shall expire on the tenth
anniversary of the date hereof (the "Expiration Date").

                  (b) Type of Option. This Option is not intended to be eligible
to be an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").

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                  (c) Exercise of Option. (i) Subject to the other terms of this
Agreement regarding the exercisability of this Option, the Options will vest and
be exercisable in accordance with the following schedule, which shall continue
to apply from and after the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in
this Agreement or as defined in any employment, executive severance or similar
agreement to which the Optionee is a party):

                                             Options Exercisable with respect to
                    On or After                  Cumulative Number of Shares
                    -----------              -----------------------------------
                the date of this Agreement             91,092
                January 1, 2003                        91,092
                January 1, 2004                        91,092
                January 1, 2005                        91,092
                January 1, 2006                        91,093

                  (ii) (A) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), upon the termination
of Optionee's employment (1) by the Company without Cause (as defined below), by
the Optionee for Good Reason (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death,
in each case, at any time after a Qualifying Change in Control (as defined
below) or (2) by the Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a
Specified Cause Event (as defined below) or due to the Optionee's death, in each
case, more than six months after a Qualifying Change in Control, the Optionee
shall be entitled to receive an amount (the "Unvested Option Amount"), payable
within five business days after demand by the Optionee or his personal
representative, equal to (x) the excess (if any) of (1) the fair market value of
all cash and freely tradable securities received by the Principal Shareholders
in exchange for each share of Common Stock or security convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (giving effect to such
conversion, exercise or exchange for this purpose) sold by the Principal
Shareholders in connection with such Qualifying Change of Control over (2) the
Exercise Price multiplied by (y) the number of Shares not yet vested in
accordance with the above schedule as of the effective time of such Qualifying
Change in Control. For purpose of clause (x)(1) of the immediately preceding
sentence, the "fair market value" of a security on any date of determination
shall be the mean average of the daily closing prices or last sale prices of
such security for each of the 15 preceding days preceding such date during which
the securities exchange or market quotation system on which such security is
listed or quoted was open for business. Prior to the consummation of a
Qualifying Change in Control, the Company shall take all actions reasonably
necessary, in the good faith judgment of the Board, to ensure that (i) a
successor to the Company or transferee of assets of the Company, as appropriate,
(the "Successor Entity") assumes the obligations of the Company under this
Section 2(c)(ii)(A) and (ii) the Successor Entity provides for the issuance of a
letter of credit, establishment of an escrow account containing cash or
investment grade securities, grant of a security interest in specified property,
guaranty or similar security or credit support arrangement (in each case, on
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Optionee) to secure amounts that may become
due in respect of any Unvested Option Amount.

                  (B) Notwithstanding Section 2(c)(i), all of the Options shall
become fully vested

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and exercisable immediately upon the termination of Optionee's employment (1) by
the Company without Cause or by the Optionee for Good Reason at any time after a
Change in Control (other than a Qualifying Change in Control); (2) by the
Company or the Optionee for any reason other than a Specified Cause Event (as
defined below) more than six months after a Change in Control (other than a
Qualifying Change in Control); or (3) due to the Optionee's death.

                  (C) When used in this Agreement:

                           "Change in Control" means the first to occur of any
         of the following: (i) the sale (including by merger, consolidation or
         sale of stock of subsidiaries or any other method) of all or
         substantially all of the assets of the Company and its consolidated
         subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any person or entity not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the holders of at least 50% of the Combined
         Voting Power (as defined in the Plan) of the then outstanding shares of
         capital stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of
         the Company as of the date of determination), (ii) at any time prior to
         the consummation of an initial public offering of Common Stock of the
         Company or other common stock of the Company having the voting power to
         elect directors, a transaction (except pursuant to such initial public
         offering) resulting in the Principal Shareholders (as defined in the
         Plan) owning, collectively, less than 50% of the Combined Voting Power
         of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
         (excluding shares owned by employees of the Company as of the date of
         determination), (iii) at any time after the consummation of an initial
         public offering of Common Stock of the Company or other common stock of
         the Company having the voting power to elect directors, the acquisition
         (except pursuant to such initial public offering) by any person or
         entity (other than the Principal Shareholders) not directly or
         indirectly controlled by the Company's stockholders of more than 30% of
         the Combined Voting Power of the then outstanding shares of capital
         stock of the Company (excluding shares owned by employees of the
         Company as of the date of determination), (iv) individuals serving as
         directors of the Company on the Effective Date (as defined in the Plan)
         and who were nominated or selected to serve as directors by one or more
         Principal Shareholders (together with any new directors whose election
         was approved by a vote of (A) such individuals or directors whose
         election was previously so approved or (B) Principal Shareholders
         holding a majority of the aggregate voting power of the capital stock
         of the Company held by all Principal Shareholders) cease for any reason
         to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company (the
         "Board"), (v) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
         dissolution of the Company in connection with an equity investment or
         sale or a business combination transaction or (vi) any other event or
         transaction that the Board deems to be a Change in Control.

                           "Specified Cause Event" means (1) a proven or
         admitted act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement by the Optionee
         that is detrimental to the Company or (2) the Optionee's conviction of
         or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony that is related to the
         Company or the performance of the Optionee's services for the Company.

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                           "Qualifying Change in Control" means a Change in
         Control of the type specified in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition
         thereof in which the Principal Shareholders receive cash or freely
         tradable securities or both in exchange for shares of Common Stock (or
         securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares
         of Common Stock) of the Company sold by the Principal Shareholders in
         connection therewith.

                  (iii) Options exercised in any one year shall be deducted from
the number of Options exercisable in any future year. Once vested, this Option
shall be exercisable at the following times prior to the expiration date: (A) if
the Optionee is employed by the Company at the time of exercise, at any time by
giving the Company 45 days' advance written notice or (B) if the Optionee is not
employed by the Company at the time of exercise but has the right to exercise
after termination in accordance with Section 2(d) of this Agreement, by giving
the Company written notice at any time during the period specified in Section
2(d) of this Agreement, in which case the Option shall be deemed exercised as of
the end of the calendar month in which the Company received notice of exercise
of the Option. In either case, the notice of exercise shall specify the number
of Shares as to which the Option is being exercised.

                  (iv) Upon receipt of written notice of exercise by the
Company, the Company shall, upon full payment in cash to the Company of the
Exercise Price of the Shares as to which the Option shall be exercised, issue to
the Optionee the Shares subject to the Option. Any issuance of Shares to an
Optionee pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made by the Company within
90 days after the date of exercise. For purposes of this Agreement only, the
fair market value of Shares shall be determined by such methods or procedures as
shall be established from time to time by the Board acting in its sole
discretion and in good faith. In making such determinations, the Board may rely
on a valuation report by an investment banking or valuation firm selected by the
Board. The Committee established by the Board to administer the Plan (the
"Committee") may, in its sole discretion, permit the Optionee to pay the
Exercise Price in previously acquired Shares rather than in cash.

                  (d) Exercise Upon Death or Termination of Employment.

                           (i) If the Optionee dies while an employee of the
Company, the Optionee's Designee may exercise the Option, to the extent it was
vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company written notice of such
exercise within 36 months after the date of Optionee's death, but in no event
later than the Expiration Date. An Optionee's "Designee" means the person
designated by the Optionee in his or her most recently filed beneficiary
designation filed with the Company to receive the Optionee's rights under the
Plan upon the Optionee's death, or if there is no such designation or no such
designated person survives the Optionee, by the person or persons to whom the
Optionee's rights pass by will or applicable law, or if no such person has such
right, by his executors or administrators.

                           (ii) If the Company shall terminate Optionee's
employment with the Company because of disability, the Optionee may exercise the
Option to the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the
Company written notice of such exercise within 36

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months after the date of termination of employment, but in no event later than
the Expiration Date.

                           (iii) If the Optionee terminates his employment with
the Company other than for Good Reason, the Optionee may exercise the Option to
the extent it was vested on the date of termination, by giving the Company
written notice of such exercise within 90 days after the date of termination of
employment, but in no event later then the Expiration Date. For purposes of this
Agreement, "Good Reason" has the meaning set forth in the executive severance or
employment agreement, if any, then in effect between the Company and the
Optionee or, in the absence of such agreement shall mean, if the basis for such
Good Reason is not cured within a reasonable period of time (determined in light
of the cure appropriate to the basis of such Good Reason, but in no event less
than 15 days), the failure of the Company to pay any undisputed amount due to
the Optionee in connection with his employment by the Company.

                           (iv) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
any reason other than death, disability or Cause (as hereinafter defined), or if
the Optionee shall terminate his employment with the Company for Good Reason,
the Optionee may exercise the Option to the extent it was vested on the date of
termination or, otherwise would have vested in the 12 months thereafter, in
either event according to the applicable vesting schedule in Section 3(c)(i), by
giving the Company written notice of such exercise within 36 months after the
date of termination of employment, but in no event later than the Expiration
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionee shall forfeit his right to
exercise any Options that would have vested within the 12 months after
termination, if the Optionee violates the terms regarding non-competition set
forth in the Optionee's executive severance or employment agreement.

                           (v) If the Optionee's employment shall terminate for
Cause, all right to exercise the Option shall terminate at the date of such
termination of employment. For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" has the
meaning set forth in the executive severance or employment agreement, if any,
then in effect between the Company and the Optionee or, in the absence of such
agreement, shall mean (i) the Optionee's conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony, (ii) the Optionee's gross negligence in the performance
of his duties as an employee, officer, director or independent contractor of the
Company, (iii) the Optionee's knowingly dishonest act, or knowing bad faith or
willful misconduct in the performance of his duties as an employee, officer,
director or independent contractor of the Company, or (iv) the Optionee's
material breach of any confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation,
agreement to assign work product and inventions or similar covenant or agreement
of the Optionee.

                  (e) Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 2(e), the Option is not transferable other than as designated by the
Optionee in his or her most recently filed Beneficiary designation filed with
the Company, or if there is no such designation or no such

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designated person survives the Optionee, as designated by the Optionee, by will
or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during the Optionee's life, may
be exercised only by the Optionee. However, an Optionee, with the approval of
the Committee, may transfer the Option for no consideration to or for the
benefit of the Optionee's Immediate Family or to a partnership or limited
liability company for one or more members of the Optionee's Immediate Family,
subject to such limits as the Committee may establish, and the transferee shall
remain subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to Options prior to
such transfer. The foregoing right to transfer the Option shall apply to the
right to consent to amendments to this Agreement and, in the discretion of the
Committee, shall also apply to the right to transfer ancillary rights associated
with the Option. The term "Immediate Family" shall mean the Optionee's spouse,
parents, children, stepchildren, adoptive relationships, sisters, brothers,
nieces, nephews and grandchildren (and, for this purpose, shall also include the
Optionee).

                  (f) Adjustments. In the event of any change in corporate
capitalization (including, but not limited to, a change in the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding), such as a stock split or a corporate transaction,
such as any merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other
distribution of stock or property of the Company, any reorganization (whether or
not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section 368
of the Code) or any partial or complete liquidation of the Company, the
Committee or Board may make such substitution or adjustments in the number, kind
and option price of shares subject to the Option and/or such other equitable
substitution or adjustments as it may determine to be appropriate in its sole
discretion; provided, however, that the number of shares subject to the Option
shall always be a whole number. In the event of a corporate merger,
consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, reorganization or
liquidation, the Board shall be authorized to cause the Company to issue or
assume stock options, whether or not in a transaction to which Section 424(a) of
the Code applies, by means of substitution of new stock options for previously
issued stock options or an assumption of previously issued stock options.

                  (g) No Rights as Stockholder. The Optionee shall have no
rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to the Option prior
to the date of issuance to the Optionee of a certificate or certificates for
such Shares.

                  (h) Optionee Acknowledgement.  The Optionee acknowledges that:

                           (i) the future value of the Company is highly
speculative;

                           (ii) the Optionee is not relying on the value of this
Option as current compensation;

                           (iii) the Company has no obligation to the Optionee
to sell the Company or to sell Shares publicly (which may have the effect of
reducing the value of the Company);

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                           (iv) upon exercise of this Option, unless the Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Options have been registered under applicable
securities laws, there will be substantial restrictions on the transferability
of the Shares; and

                           (v) the past performance or experience of the
Company, the Company's officers, directors, agents, or employees, will not in
any way indicate or predict the results of the ownership of Shares or of the
Company's activities.

                  (i) No Right to Continued Employment. The Option shall not
confer upon the Optionee any right with respect to continuance of employment by
the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the Optionee's
employer to terminate the Optionee's employment at any time.

                  (j) Compliance With Law and Regulations. The Option herein
granted and the obligation of the Company to sell and deliver shares hereunder,
shall be subject to all applicable Federal and State laws, rules and regulations
and to such approvals by any government or regulatory agency as may be required.
The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates for
Shares prior to (i) the listing of such Shares on any stock exchange or national
market quotations system on which the Shares may then be listed and (ii) the
completion of any registration or qualification of such Shares under any Federal
or State law, or any rule or regulation of any government body which the Company
shall, in its sole discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable. Moreover,
the Option herein granted may not be exercised if its exercise, or the receipt
of Shares pursuant hereto, would be contrary to applicable law.

3.       Optionee Bound by Plan.

         The Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and
agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions thereof.

4.       Reserved.

5.       Notices.

         All notices or any other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and delivered personally or by registered or certified mail or overnight
courier, addressed, if to the Company, to American Tire Distributors, Inc.,
12200 Herbert Wayne Court, Suite 150, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078;
Attention: Chairman, and if to the Optionee, at the address set forth below,
subject to the right of either party to designate at any time hereafter in
writing some other address.

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6.       Governing Law.

         This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of laws
principles.

7.       No Assignment.

         Except as provided in Section 2(e), neither this Agreement nor any of
the rights or obligations of the Optionee hereunder may be transferred or
assigned by the Optionee.

8.       Benefits.

         This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and
not for the benefit of any other party.

9.       Severability.

         If any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be illegal
and unenforceable by any court of law, the remaining provisions shall be
severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms.

10.      Amendments.

         No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, other than as required under Section 2(f), shall be effective unless
it is in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

11.      Counterparts.

         This Agreement has been executed in two counterparts each of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

12.      Stockholders' Agreement.

         All Shares purchased pursuant to any exercise of this Option shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of, and constitute "Shares" for all purposes
under, the Stockholders' Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the
Company and the Purchaser, as amended from time to time in accordance with its
terms.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be
executed by its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer,
President or a Vice President and Optionee has executed this Agreement, both as
of the day and year first above written.

                                           AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

                                           By: /s/ J. Michael Gaither
                                               ----------------------
                                               J. Michael Gaither
                                               Executive Vice President and
                                               General Counsel

/s/ Richard P. Johnson
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Richard P. Johnson
18816 Balmore Pines Lane
Cornelius, NC 28031

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