

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT


                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 16, 1999



                            COVENANT TRANSPORT, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



     NEVADA                             0-249060                88-0320154
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer ID No.)
        incorporation)


         400 Birmingham Highway, Chattanooga, Tennessee          37419
         (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)


  Registrant's telephone number, including area code        (423) 821-1212








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ITEM 2.  Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

         Covenant  Transport,  Inc.,  a Nevada  corporation  ("Parent"),  is the
reporting company under this Form 8-K. On November 16, 1999, Covenant Transport,
Inc.,  a  Tennessee   corporation   and   wholly-owned   subsidiary   of  Parent
("Covenant"),  entered into a Stock Purchase  Agreement (the  "Agreement")  with
Harold  Ives,  Marilu  Ives,  Tommy  Ives,  Garry Ives,  Larry Ives,  Sharon Ann
Dickson,  and  the  Tommy  Denver  Ives  Irrevocable  Trust  (collectively,  the
"Stockholders");   Harold  Ives  Trucking  Co.,  an  Arkansas  corporation  (the
"Trucking  Company");  and Terminal Truck Broker,  Inc., an Arkansas corporation
(the "Brokerage  Company" and together with the Trucking  Company,  the "Related
Companies").

         Pursuant to the Agreement,  Covenant  acquired 100% of the  outstanding
capital stock of the Related  Companies in exchange for payment of approximately
$23 million in cash. The  Stockholders are prohibited for a period of five years
from the date of closing from  competing  in the  interstate  and/or  intrastate
transportation of freight, including truckload and less-than-truckload carriage,
intermodal service, and brokerage,  logistics,  agent,  consolidation,  or other
freight related operations.

         The  Trucking   Company   operates  about  435  trucks,   predominantly
company-owned and with single drivers,  and 850 dry van trailers.  The Brokerage
Company is engaged in freight  brokerage  operations.  The  Brokerage  Company's
assets primarily consist of cash and accounts receivable. Covenant will continue
to use the equipment and property acquired for their existing purposes.

         Covenant funded the  acquisition of the Related  Companies with working
capital and borrowings  under its existing  credit line with ABN-AMRO Bank N.V.,
as agent.  The  consideration  exchanged  was  determined  through  arms'-length
negotiations. There is no material relationship between the Related Companies or
the  Stockholders  and  Parent,   Covenant,   or  Parent's  other   wholly-owned
subsidiaries,  any of their affiliates,  any of their directors or officers,  or
any associate of any such director or officer.

         The reporting  company is not required to file financial  statements of
the acquired  entity or pro forma  financial  statements in connection with this
Current Report on Form 8-K.







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ITEM 7.  Exhibits

         The terms of the acquisition are more fully described in the Agreement,
a copy of which is attached  hereto as Exhibit 2. In  addition,  Parent's  press
release announcing the acquisition is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

         2        Stock Purchase Agreement dated November 15, 1999, by and among
                  Covenant  Transport,  Inc.,  Harold Ives,  Marilu Ives,  Tommy
                  Ives,  Garry Ives, Larry Ives,  Sharon Ann Dickson,  the Tommy
                  Denver Ives Irrevocable  Trust,  Harold Ives Trucking Co., and
                  Terminal Truck Broker, Inc.*

         99       Press release issued by Parent announcing the transaction
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         *    All of the  schedules  and  exhibits  have been  omitted,  but are
              listed on the last page of the Agreement.  Parent hereby agrees to
              furnish supplementally to the Commission a copy of any schedule or
              exhibit omitted upon the Commission's request.

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   COVENANT TRANSPORT, INC.,
                                   a Nevada corporation

Date: November 24, 1999

                                   By: /S/ JOEY B. HOGAN
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                                   Joey B. Hogan, Chief Financial Officer and
                                   Treasurer


