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Exhibit 99.1

FROM: P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.
P.O. BOX 188
Tontitown, AR 72770
Robert W. Weaver
(479) 361-9111

P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.
ANNOUNCES RESULTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER
AND YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006

Tontitown, Arkansas, February 7, 2007......P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTSI) today reported net income of $4,270,819 or diluted and basic earnings per share of $.41 for the quarter ended December 31, 2006, and $17,963,758 or diluted and basic earnings per share of $1.74 for the year ended December 31, 2006. These results compare to net income of $4,342,650 or diluted and basic earnings per share of $.41, and $13,138,719 or diluted and basic earnings per share of $1.20, respectively, for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2005.
 
Operating revenues excluding fuel surcharges were $85,329,448 for the fourth quarter of 2006 compared to $83,861,479 for the fourth quarter of 2005. Operating revenues excluding fuel surcharges were $351,372,974 for the year ended December 31, 2006, a 7.7% increase compared to $326,353,129 for the year ended December 31, 2005.

Robert W. Weaver, President of the Company, commented, “The fourth quarter of 2006 saw a softer freight market develop which resulted in only a slight increase in operating revenue before fuel surcharges from the same period in 2005. We were pleased with the solid 7.7% year over year increase in revenue, before fuel surcharge, when 2006 is compared to 2005. In addition, continuous efforts to control costs, allowed revenue growth to outpace increases in operating costs, which had a year to year increase of only 5.8%, net of fuel surcharge. These improvements yielded a $4.8 million increase to net income, a 36.7% improvement from approximately $13.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2005 to approximately $18.0 for the year ended December 31, 2006. Another key statistic that highlights our success in 2006 is the reduction of the operating ratio for our Truckload Operations from 92.31% to 90.63% for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006 respectively.

Utilization, as measured by miles per truck per work day, decreased 5.8% per truck in the fourth quarter of 2006 to 519 miles per truck compared to 551 miles per truck during the fourth quarter of 2005. However, total miles increased 3.9% from 54.8 million miles during the fourth quarter of 2005 to 57.0 million miles during the fourth quarter of 2006, primarily as the result of the addition of 184 trucks.

For the quarter, average revenue per total mile, before fuel surcharge, decreased $0.02 per mile as compared to the same quarter in 2005. This decrease is primarily attributable to the conversion of most remaining contracts on spot-buy rates (rates that include a fuel surcharge) to long term contract rates with fuel surcharge as a separate item.

Our freight mix continues to remain a combination of dedicated (including automotive dedicated), non-dedicated automotive, and general commodity freight. For the fourth quarter 2006, revenue, before fuel surcharge, from dedicated and automotive freight was 57.2% and 49.2% of total revenue, before fuel surcharge, respectively.

As always, we will keep our focus on increasing our value to our stockholders.”

P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. is a leading truckload dry van carrier transporting general commodities throughout the continental United States, as well as in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The Company also provides transportation services in Mexico through its gateways in Laredo and El Paso, Texas under agreements with Mexican carriers.

Certain information included in this document contains or may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements may relate to expected future financial and operating results or events, and are thus prospective. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, excess capacity in the trucking industry; surplus inventories; recessionary economic cycles and downturns in customers' business cycles; increases or rapid fluctuations in fuel prices, interest rates, fuel taxes, tolls, license and registration fees; the resale value of the Company's used equipment and the price of new equipment; increases in compensation for and difficulty in attracting and retaining qualified drivers and owner-operators; increases in insurance premiums and deductible amounts relating to accident, cargo, workers' compensation, health, and other claims; unanticipated increases in the number or amount of claims for which the Company is self insured; inability of the Company to continue to secure acceptable financing arrangements; seasonal factors such as harsh weather conditions that increase operating costs; competition from trucking, rail, and intermodal competitors including reductions in rates resulting from competitive bidding; the ability to identify acceptable acquisition candidates, consummate acquisitions, and integrate acquired operations; a significant reduction in or termination of the Company's trucking service by a key customer; and other factors, including risk factors, included from time to time in filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or clarify forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 
P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Key Financial and Operating Statistics
(unaudited)
         
   
Quarter ended December 31,
 
Year ended December 31,
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
2006
 
2005
 
                           
Revenue, before fuel surcharge
 
$
85,329,448
 
$
83,861,479
 
$
351,372,974
 
$
326,353,129
 
Fuel surcharge
   
11,175,357
   
11,316,113
   
48,895,589
   
34,527,442
 
     
96,504,805
   
95,177,592
   
400,268,563
   
360,880,571
 
                           
Operating expenses:
                         
Salaries, wages and benefits
   
30,964,571
   
29,363,456
   
127,538,805
   
122,004,839
 
Fuel expense
   
22,865,543
   
22,899,988
   
97,286,538
   
81,017,207
 
Operating supplies
   
6,392,783
   
5,874,966
   
25,681,683
   
23,114,902
 
Rent and purchased transportation
   
9,919,581
   
10,323,255
   
43,844,054
   
39,073,665
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
8,741,648
   
8,591,259
   
33,929,107
   
31,375,935
 
Operating taxes and license
   
4,136,560
   
3,865,170
   
16,420,587
   
15,776,132
 
Insurance and claims
   
3,879,737
   
3,777,270
   
16,388,700
   
15,992,066
 
Communications and utilities
   
680,825
   
668,381
   
2,642,420
   
2,648,378
 
Other
   
1,603,327
   
1,840,171
   
5,425,503
   
6,205,003
 
(Gain) loss on disposition of equipment
   
(30,607
)
 
166,427
   
47,176
   
146,513
 
Total operating expenses
   
89,153,968
   
87,370,343
   
369,204,573
   
337,354,640
 
                           
Operating income
   
7,350,837
   
7,807,249
   
31,063,990
   
23,525,931
 
                           
Other income (expense):
                         
Interest expense
   
(223,274
)
 
(517,036
)
 
(1,026,585
)
 
(1,404,107
)
                           
Total other income (expense)
   
(223,274
)
 
(517,036
)
 
(1,026,585
)
 
(1,404,107
)
                           
Income before income taxes
   
7,127,563
   
7,290,213
   
30,037,405
   
22,121,824
 
Provision for income taxes
   
2,856,744
   
2,947,563
   
12,073,647
   
8,983,105
 
                           
Net income
 
$
4,270,819
 
$
4,342,650
 
$
17,963,758
 
$
13,138,719
 
                           
Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.41
 
$
0.41
 
$
1.74
 
$
1.20
 
                           
Average shares outstanding - Diluted
   
10,307,929
   
10,636,062
   
10,301,806
   
10,975,948
 
                           

   
Quarter ended December 31,
 
Year ended December 31,
 
Truckload Operations
 
2006
 
2005
 
2006
 
2005
 
                   
Total miles
   
56,978,780
   
54,840,590
   
229,809,624
   
228,623,528
 
Operating ratio*
   
90.90
%
 
89.54
%
 
90.63
%
 
92.31
%
Empty miles factor
   
6.32
%
 
5.79
%
 
5.86
%
 
5.46
%
Revenue per total mile, before fuel surcharge
 
$
1.33
 
$
1.35
 
$
1.34
 
$
1.26
 
Total loads
   
79,004
   
71,955
   
315,379
   
303,476
 
Revenue per truck per work day
 
$
690
 
$
746
 
$
684
 
$
651
 
Revenue per truck per week
 
$
3,450
 
$
3,730
 
$
3,420
 
$
3,255
 
Average company trucks
   
1,917
   
1,724
   
1,820
   
1,757
 
Average owner operator trucks
   
44
   
53
   
45
   
66
 
                           
Logistics Operations
                         
Total revenue
 
$
9,521,403
 
$
9,671,817
 
$
42,718,353
 
$
39,212,838
 
Operating ratio
   
95.21
%
 
99.51
%
 
94.99
%
 
96.31
%

   
As of December 31,
 
   
2006
 
2005
 
               
Long-term debt to book capitalization
   
10.19
%
 
19.24
%
Shareholders’ equity
 
$
185,028,065
 
$
164,762,022
 
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* Operating ratio has been calculated based upon total operating expenses, net of fuel surcharge, as a percentage of revenue, before fuel surcharge. We used revenue, before fuel surcharge, and operating expenses, net of fuel surcharge, because we believe that eliminating this sometimes volatile source of revenue affords a more consistent basis for comparing our results of operations from period to period.