Exhibit 31.2

                        Certification of Jamie H. Shaffer
                            under Section 302 of the
                           Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002

I, Jamie H. Shaffer, certify that:

     1.  I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Casey's General
Stores, Inc.;

     2.  Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

     3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

     4.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

     (a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
         disclosure controls and procedures to be designated under our
         supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
         registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
         us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
         which this report is being prepared;

     (b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
         procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
         effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
         of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and



     (c) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
         control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
         fourth fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably
         likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over
         financial reporting; and

     5.  The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

     (a) all significant deficiencies and material weakness in the design or
         operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
         reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to
         record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

     (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
         employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal
         control over financial reporting.


Dated:   July 28, 2003                               /s/ Jamie H. Shaffer
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                                                        Jamie H. Shaffer
                                                       Vice President and
                                                     Chief Financial Officer