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                Thursday, September 14, 2006, Covenant Transport, Inc., a Nevada
                corporation (the "Company"), issued a press release announcing that
                it had
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                acquired 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Star Transportation,
                Inc., a Tennessee corporation ("Star"). The full text of the press
                release, dated September 14, 2006, is attached as Exhibit 99 to this
                Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
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                information in this Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99 to this report shall
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                Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by
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                "Securities Act"), or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly
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      99</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>COVENANT
        TRANSPORT ACQUIRES REGIONAL TRUCKLOAD CARRIER STAR TRANSPORTATION; PROVIDES
        UPDATE ON THIRD QUARTER OPERATIONS</strong></font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Nashville-based
                  Star generated $89.6&#160;million in revenue and operating ratio of 90.9%
                  for twelve months ended June&#160;30, 2006.</em></font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Management
                  sees jump start for improvement of regional
                  operations.</em></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>CHATTANOOGA,
        TENNESSEE</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        -
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">September&#160;14,
        2006 - Covenant Transport, Inc. (Nasdaq/NMS:CVTI) announced today its
        acquisition of 100% of the outstanding stock of Star Transportation, Inc.,
        of
        Nashville, Tennessee. Covenant also commented on its expectations for third
        and
        fourth quarter operating results.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>About
        the Transaction and Star Transportation</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Effective
        today, Covenant purchased 100% of Star's outstanding stock from the prior
        owners
        in exchange for approximately $40&#160;million in cash. Covenant funded the
        purchase price for the stock from available borrowings under its revolving
        line
        of credit. In addition, Star had an estimated $42&#160;million in existing debt
        that became part of </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">C</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">ovenant's
        consolidated obligations as a result of the transaction. Star's lenders are
        members of Covenant's bank group and will remain in place following the
        transaction. Beth Franklin, Star's Chief Executive Officer, has agreed to
        consult with Covenant on transition issues for one year, and all stockholders
        have agreed not to compete with Covenant or Star. Jim Brower, a 20-year veteran
        of Star and its current president, along with his staff, will remain in place
        to
        run Star.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Star
        Transportation is a short-to-medium haul dry van regional truckload carrier
        based in Nashville, Tennessee. Star operates primarily in the southeastern
        United States, with shipments concentrated from Texas across the Southeast
        to
        Virginia, and an average length of haul of approximately 470&#160;miles. Star
        has an excellent safety record and its annualized driver turnover recently
        has
        been about 90%. Star operates a well-maintained fleet of tractors and trailers
        with an average fleet age of 25&#160;months for tractors and 48&#160;months for
        trailers.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Star
        provides a high level of service to a diversified shipping base. Only one
        customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue in 2005. The major industries
        served include consumer products, manufacturing, and automotive. Approximately
        10% of Star's revenue is generated from dedicated operations. In general,
        Star's
        operations are characterized by good equipment utilization, low non-revenue
        miles, and a moderate rate structure.</font></div><br>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Star
        was
        founded in 1980 and has had a long history of profitable operations and is
        ISO&#160;9000 certified. Star generated $89.6&#160;million in revenue and
        $7.1&#160;million in net income for the twelve months ended June&#160;30, 2006,
        and its total stockholders' equity at that date was $27.5&#160;million. Prior to
        the acquisition, Star was an S&#160;corporation; accordingly, its financial
        statements did not reflect any provision for federal income taxes.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">After
        giving effect to the conversion of Star to a C&#160;corporation as a result of
        the transaction and recording Star's assets at fair market value, Covenant
        expects to record goodwill and other intangible assets of approximately
        $23&#160;million in connection with the transaction. Giving effect to the
        transaction as of June 30, 2006, Covenant expects its consolidated balance
        sheet
        to reflect approximately $188.7&#160;million in total stockholders' equity and
        $153.8&#160;million of total borrowings, for a debt-to-capitalization ratio of
        45%. As discussed below, Covenant's consolidated debt is expected to decrease
        significantly, with a corresponding increase in borrowing capacity, as a
        result
        of downsizing Covenant's own regional operation in the months following the
        transaction.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">David&#160;R.
        Parker, Covenant's Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, offered
        the
        following comments on the acquisition: "For the past year our management
        team
        has been internally focused as we have implemented a business realignment
        and
        attempted to improve the operating results of each of our service offerings.
        Covenant is strongly committed to a significant regional presence because
        of the
        large freight volumes that move in regional lanes. Although the regional
        service
        offering is only nine months old, and we have always considered it the most
        difficult to fix, by this summer we began to expand our thinking in terms
        of
        strategies for offering our customers the solid regional service they desire
        while producing acceptable profitability. When we became aware that Star
        was
        potentially available, we acted decisively and had the major terms agreed
        to
        within a couple of weeks.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">"We
        are
        very pleased to welcome the entire Star team to the Covenant family. We sought
        out Star because of their proven record of growth and profitability in regional
        markets, their talented management team led by Jim Brower, the quality and
        integrity of the founding family, and their reputation for safe, on-time
        customer service. Our comfort with the fit only increased because our former
        Treasurer, David Hughes, had become Star's Chief Financial Officer during
        July.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">"We
        believe the addition of Star to our corporate group will offer us a prime
        opportunity to jump-start the turnaround of our regional service offering.
        Our
        entire management team has been diligently planning for the addition of Star
        and
        the changes we expect to implement at Covenant. As these changes are implemented
        over the next several months, we expect to see a combined regional operation
        larger in size than Covenant operated alone during the second quarter of
        2006,
        but with approximately 450&#160;unprofitable trucks removed from Covenant's
        fleet and the addition of Star's approximately 600 quite profitable trucks.
        Based on Star's historical operating ratio of about 90%, we expect a significant
        improvement in our regional operations in 2007.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">"In
        closing, I would like to reiterate my confidence in this strategy and my
        welcome
        to everyone at Star. I'd also like to thank Beth Franklin and her family
        for
        affording us this opportunity to continue the great company they started.
        We are
        looking forward to Ms.&#160;Franklin's advice and counsel as she provides
        transition services and passes on her knowledge of Star and its market over
        the
        next year."</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Beth
        Franklin, Chief Executive Officer of Star Transportation, commented as follows:
        "We couldn't be more pleased to be joining Covenant Transport. From the culture,
        to the geographic proximity, to Covenant's reputation for customer service
        and
        integrity, everyone at Star believed Covenant offered the best fit of any
        alternative. My family has every confidence that Jim Brower and his team
        at Star
        will continue to produce great results, and that under the Covenant umbrella,
        Star will achieve even greater success. I am personally looking forward to
        making sure the first year transition goes as smoothly as
        possible."</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Star
        Transportation&#8217;s financial advisors were Morgan Keegan and Company, Inc. and
        Miller Welborn, of Transport Capital Partners<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
        and its
        legal advisor was Waller Lansden Dortch &amp; Davis, LLP.</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Post-Closing
        Operations of Star</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Star
        Transportation is expected to operate as a separate subsidiary. Star's
        president, Jim Brower, is expected to remain in place, along with the rest
        of
        Star's day-to-day management team. Operationally, Star is expected to continue
        with substantially the same personnel, customers, lanes, and terminals as
        it had
        prior to the transaction. Much like it did following its 1998 acquisition
        of
        Southern Refrigerated Transport, Covenant expects to provide support in areas
        such as volume purchasing, finance and accounting, and cross-marketing. A
        general integration of operations is not expected. In addition, Star's
        management anticipates sharing best practices in regional operations with
        Covenant, which may assist Covenant in the turnaround of its own regional
        service offering.</font></div><br>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Post-Acquisition
        Plan for Covenant Regional Service Offering</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">During
        the third quarter of 2006, Covenant's regional service offering is expected
        to
        operate approximately 900&#160;average tractors. Of those tractors, between 350
        and 400 generally have been producing average freight revenue per tractor
        at a
        level consistent with Covenant's interim goals. The remainder has significantly
        hindered operating results and management&#8217;s time. Covenant plans to reduce its
        regional service offering by approximately 450&#160;tractors and 1,000 trailers
        by the second quarter of 2007. Downsizing the Covenant regional fleet is
        expected to allow Covenant's operations and sales personnel to focus on
        optimizing the portion of the fleet that is operating near the interim goals.
        The fleet reduction will occur over time as tractors finish their service
        life
        and are not replaced. The fleet reduction is expected to eliminate approximately
        $35&#160;million in equipment financing. This compares with approximately
        $42&#160;million in existing Star debt that became a consolidated obligation of
        Covenant after this acquisition.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Strategic
        Rationale for the Star Acquisition</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Covenant
        is strongly committed to operating a meaningful regional service offering
        as
        part of its overall customer service package. With over 80% of all freight
        moving in regional lanes, the preference of many drivers to concentrate in
        certain regions, and the desire of many customers to deal with carriers who
        can
        offer capacity in many diverse lanes, regional service is considered an
        important component of Covenant's business. Star is one of the largest providers
        of regional truckload service in the Southeast, and with the geographic
        proximity, the opportunity was too attractive to pass up. In addition to
        its
        standalone appeal, Star also afforded the opportunity to accelerate the process
        of improving Covenant's regional service offering. In summary, the acquisition
        allowed Covenant the opportunity to:</font></div>
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                  capacity in a key truckload service offering where Covenant's current
                  regional service was operating below expectations;</font></div>
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                  a more rapid downsizing and eventual turnaround in Covenant's regional
                  service offering; and</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">replace
                  over time approximately $75&#160;million in annual revenue that has been
                  unprofitable with approximately $90&#160;million of revenue that has
                  operated quite profitably.</font></div>
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        and Operating Outlook for the Remainder of 2006</strong></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Company no longer expects net income for 2006 to exceed net income for 2005
        and
        retracts all prior statements and guidance concerning goals and expectations
        for
        2006. For the remainder of 2006, Covenant's financial results are expected
        to
        show modest sequential improvement. For the third quarter, the Company expects
        earnings per share to be breakeven or slightly less. For the fourth quarter,
        the
        Company expects sequential earnings improvement over the third quarter of
        2006.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        ongoing business realignment has been slower in producing results than expected.
        A slowdown in shipping demand and higher fuel prices in July and August have
        contributed to slower than expected improvements in profitability. These
        issues
        are especially pronounced in the regional service offering, which faced the
        largest challenge, and in the Covenant temperature-controlled service offering
        (not&#160;SRT), which accepted a larger-than-planned number of trucks that were
        removed from the regional fleet and struggled to find sufficient volume of
        quality freight for the additional units. On a consolidated basis, average
        freight revenue per tractor per week is expected to be similar to the second
        quarter, with freight rates and miles per truck coming in lower than budgeted.
        On the positive side, driver turnover continues to improve and the Company's
        safety record continues to show commendable performance.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Although
        the Star acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to Covenant&#8217;s
        earnings, the Company is not prepared to address the level of near-term
        contribution or provide guidance on consolidated results until more information
        becomes available concerning the pace of equipment removals from the Covenant
        regional operation, the operating results of the remaining equipment in the
        Covenant regional operation, and the allocation of intangibles and determination
        of the magnitude of non-cash amortization associated with the acquisition.
        In
        addition, results of each service offering and on a consolidated basis may
        be
        affected by shipping volumes and other general economic factors, fuel prices,
        driver availability, and the other risks identified in the Company&#8217;s filings
        with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></div>
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        Company will be hosting a conference call on Friday, September&#160;15 at
        11:00&#160;a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the Star acquisition and provide an
        update on expected operating results for the third and fourth quarters of
        2006.
        Individuals may access the call by dialing 800-603-1780 (U.S./Canada) and
        706-643-0889 (International), access code&#160;6575147. An audio replay will be
        available for one week following the call at 800-642-1687, access code
        6575147.</font></div>
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        Transport, Inc. is a publicly traded truckload carrier that offers just-in-time
        service and other premium transportation services for customers throughout
        the
        United States. Covenant operates one of the ten largest fleets in North America,
        measured by revenue. The Company's Class A common stock is traded on the
        Nasdaq
        National Market under the symbol, "CVTI."</font></div><br>
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        press release </em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>contains
        certain statements that may be considered forward-looking statements within
        the
        meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section
        21E
        of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements may be
        identified by their use of terms or phrases such as "expects," "estimates,"
        "projects," "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "intends," and similar terms
        and
        phrases. Forward-looking statements </em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>are
        based upon the current beliefs and expectations of our management and
</em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>are
        inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted
        or quantified, which could cause future events and actual results to differ
        materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying the
        forward-looking statements. </em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Actual
        results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
        In
        this press release, forward-looking statements include, without limitation,
        statements relating to the acquisition's impact on our financial statements,
        operating statistics, debt levels, and regional service offering; the expected
        size and operating results of our regional service offering post-acquisition
        and
        post-downsizing; the continued production and improvement of results at the
        acquired operation; the corporate, management, and operational structure
        of the
        acquired operation post-closing; expected financial results for the remainder
        of
        2006; and expected accretion to earnings from the acquisition. The expected
        financial results following the acquisition and for the remainder of 2006
        have
        not been subjected to all of the review procedures associated with the release
        of actual financial results and are premised on assumptions regarding our
        consolidated performance, including at the acquired operation. With respect
        to
        the acquisition and the associated downsizing of our regional operation,
        the
        risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risk that
        integration of the acquired operation will not proceed as planned; the risk
        of
        adverse information or developments regarding the acquired operation and
        our
        integration that could impact financial and operating results; the risk that
        we
        will lose key components of the acquired operation, including customers,
        drivers, other employees, and owner-operators, none of whom are bound to
        remain
        with the acquired operation; the risk that we will be unable to continue
        and
        improve upon the profitability of the acquired operation; the risk that expected
        synergies from the acquisition, including, without limitation, the impact
        on our
        regional service offering, will not come to fruition; and the risk that
        integrating and managing the acquired operation will distract management
        from
        other operations, including our business realignment. With respect to general
        business operations and our business realignment, the following factors,
        among
        others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
        forward-looking statements: our ability to dispose of equipment in our
        downsizing and do so at acceptable prices and without hindering our operations,
        customer service, and driver turn-over; our ability to manage our debt levels
        and maintain adequate liquidity following the acquisition and through the
        downsizing process; our success in the realignment of the company&#8217;s operations
        around the identified service offerings; excess tractor or trailer capacity
        in
        the trucking industry; decreased demand for our services or loss of one or
        more
        of our major customers; tractor and trailer build and delivery schedules;
        surplus inventories; recessionary economic cycles and downturns in customers'
        business cycles; decreased freight volumes; strikes, work slow downs, or
        work
        stoppages at the Company, customers, ports, or other shipping related
        facilities; increases or rapid fluctuations in fuel prices, as well as
        fluctuations in hedging activities and surcharge collection; the volume and
        terms of diesel purchase commitments; interest rates, fuel taxes, tolls,
        and
        license and registration fees; increases in the prices paid for new revenue
        equipment and changes in the resale value of our used equipment; increases
        in
        compensation for and difficulty in attracting and retaining qualified drivers
        and independent contractors; elevated experience in the frequency and severity
        of claims relating to accident, cargo, workers' compensation, health, and
        other
        claims; increased insurance premiums; fluctuations in claims expenses that
        result from high self-insured retention amounts and differences between
        estimates used in establishing and adjusting claims reserves and actual results
        over time; adverse changes in claims experience and loss development factors;
        additional changes in management's estimates of liability based upon such
        experience and development factors; seasonal factors such as harsh weather
        conditions that increase operating costs; competition from trucking, rail,
        and
        intermodal competitors; regulatory requirements that increase costs or decrease
        efficiency, including revised hours-of-service requirements for drivers;
        the
        ability to successfully execute the Company's initiative of improving the
        profitability of single-driver freight movements; and the ability to control
        increases in operating costs. Readers should review and consider these factors
        along with the various disclosures by the Company in its press releases,
        stockholder reports, and filings with the Securities Exchange Commission.
        </em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>We
        disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements
        to
        reflect actual results or changes in the factors affecting the forward-looking
        information.</em></font></div>
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        copies of Company information contact:</font></div>
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        825-3357</font></div>
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