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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-08-056645.txt : 20081016
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-08-056645.hdr.sgml : 20081016
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20081016180658
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-08-056645
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081015
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081016
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081016

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LAWSON W CLIF
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001202713

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15057
		FILM NUMBER:		081128088

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PAM TRANSPORTATION SVC INC
		STREET 2:		297 W HENRI DETONTI BLVD
		CITY:			TONTITOWN
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72712

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PAM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000798287
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213]
		IRS NUMBER:				710633135
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		297 WEST HENRI DE TONTI BLVD
		CITY:			TONTITOWN
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72770
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4793619111

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		297 WEST HENRI DE TONTI BLVD
		CITY:			TONTITOWN
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72770
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-10-15</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000798287</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PAM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PTSI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001202713</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LAWSON W CLIF</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O PAM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>297 W. HENRY DETONTI BLVD.</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TONTITOWN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AR</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>72712</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Executive VP and COO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2000-10-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>500</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>10.0320</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>92000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ C. Douglas Buford, Jr., Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-10-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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	<title>Power Of Attorney</title>
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<DIV style="margin-left: 0.25in; width: 7.5in; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="left">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints C. Douglas Buford, Jr., the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

<P>
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0">

 <TR style="font-size: 10pt; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #000000" valign="top">
  <TD style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%" width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap align="left" width="3%">1)</TD>
  <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>prepare, execute in the undersigned&#8217;s name and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf, and submit to the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) a Form&nbsp;ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings
with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of
the SEC;</TD>
 </TR>

</TABLE>


<P>
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0">

 <TR style="font-size: 10pt; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #000000" valign="top">
  <TD style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%" width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap align="left" width="3%">2)</TD>
  <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as an officer and/or director
of PAM Transportation Services, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be
required to file in connection with the undersigned&#8217;s ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the
Company;</TD>
 </TR>

</TABLE>


<P>
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0">

 <TR style="font-size: 10pt; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #000000" valign="top">
  <TD style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%" width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap align="left" width="3%">3)</TD>
  <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form&nbsp;3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</TD>
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<P>
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0">

 <TR style="font-size: 10pt; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #000000" valign="top">
  <TD style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%" width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap align="left" width="3%">4)</TD>
  <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact&#8217;s discretion.</TD>
 </TR>

</TABLE>


<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 3%" align="left">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with
Section&nbsp;16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="left">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned&#8217;s holdings
of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="left">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;day of
<U>October</U> 200<U>8</U>.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 50%" align="left"><U>/s/ W. Clif
Lawson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>

<div style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 50%" align="left">Signature</div>

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 50%" align="left"><U>W. Clif
Lawson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>

<div style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 50%" align="left">Print Name

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center">&nbsp;

<P style="display: none; font-size: 10pt" align="center">&nbsp;
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