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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001683168-18-003336
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181109
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181109

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Lukas Edwin J.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001301230

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15057
		FILM NUMBER:		181173795

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12225 STEPHENS ROAD
		CITY:			WARREN
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48089

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Lukas Edwin John
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040823

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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        <issuerName>PAM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PTSI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Lukas Edwin J.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>12225 STEPHENS ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>WARREN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>48089</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Courtney C. Crouch, III, as Attorney-in-Fact for Edwin J. Lukas</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-11-09</signatureDate>
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5, Form&nbsp;144
and Schedules 13D and 13G</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Know all by these presents,
that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Allen W. West, Courtney C. Crouch, III, C. Douglas Buford, Jr. and
D. Nicole Lovell, signing singly, as the undersigned&rsquo;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.45in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">prepare, execute in the undersigned&rsquo;s name and on the undersigned&rsquo;s behalf, and submit
to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) a Form 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, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the
SEC; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.45in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&rsquo;s capacity as a director
of <B>P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. </B>(the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), (a) Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including amendments thereto)
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder (the &ldquo;Exchange
Act&rdquo;), &nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Form&nbsp;144, (c)&nbsp;Schedules 13D and 13G (including amendments thereto) in accordance with Sections
13(d) and 13(g) of the Exchange Act, and (d) any other forms on reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with
the undersigned&rsquo;s ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.45in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">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 3, 4, or 5, Form&nbsp;144 or Schedule&nbsp;13D or 13G (including amendments thereto),
or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.45in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(4)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">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&rsquo;s discretion.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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-fact&rsquo;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of the power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned&rsquo;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Power of Attorney
shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, or 5, Form 144 and Schedules
13D and 13G (including amendments thereto) with respect to the undersigned&rsquo;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 attorney-in-fact.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1<SUP>st</SUP> day of November, 2018.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Edwin J. Lukas</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Signature</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center">Edwin J. Lukas</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Printed Name</TD></TR>
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