POWER
OF ATTORNEY
The
undersigned officer of Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, which is filing a Post-effective Amendment to Form S-8 with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act
of 1933, hereby constitutes and appoints David R. Parker, Mark A. Scudder, and
Heidi Hornung-Scherr, and each of them, as attorneys-in-fact with full power of
substitution, to execute in their respective names, individually and in the
capacity stated below, such Post-effective Amendment to Form S-8 and any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to such Post-effective
Amendment to Form S-8 as the attorney-in-fact and to file such Post-effective
Amendment to Form S-8 and any such amendment to such Post-effective Amendment to
Form S-8, exhibits thereto, and documents required in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
their substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully
as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this power of attorney has
been signed by the following person in the capacity and on the date
indicated.
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/s/
Richard B. Cribbs
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May
18, 2009
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Richard
B. Cribbs
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Date
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Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Covenant
Transportation Group, Inc.
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