Exhibit 99.1



           [LETTERHEAD OF WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC.]









          Notice of Grant of Nonqualified Stock Option
          --------------------------------------------


Date
- ----


Recipient Name
- --------------


      At  the direction of the Option Committee of the Board
of  Directors  (the Committee) of Werner Enterprises,  Inc.,
you  are  hereby notified that the Committee has granted  to
you  an  option,  pursuant to the Werner  Enterprises,  Inc.
Stock  Option Plan (the Plan) adopted by the Company on  May
12,  1987, ratified and approved by the Stockholders of  the
Company on June 9, 1987, as amended on May 3, 1994, February
8, 2000, May 9, 2000, February 25, 2003 and May 11, 2004.

      The option granted to you is to purchase ______ shares
of  the  $.01 par value common stock of the Company  at  the
price  of $____ per share.  The date of grant of this option
is  the date of this notice, and it is the determination  of
the Committee that on this date the fair market value of the
Company's common stock was $____ per share.

     The Committee has established the following limitations
upon the exercise of this stock option granted to you:

          -     25% of the option may be exercised after the
          expiration  of  24 months from the  date  of  this
          grant;

          -     an  additional  20% of this  option  may  be
          exercised  after the expiration of 36 months  from
          the date of this grant;

          -     an  additional  20% of  the  option  may  be
          exercised  after the expiration of 48 months  from
          the date of this grant;

          -     an  additional  20% of  the  option  may  be
          exercised  after the expiration of 60 months  from
          the date of this grant;



          -     an  additional  15% of  the  option  may  be
          exercised  after the expiration of 72 months  from
          the  date of this grant.  (i.e. all options  shall
          be  exercisable after the expiration  of  6  years
          from the date of this grant.)


      I  enclose  a  copy of the Plan governing  the  option
granted  to you, and your attention is directed to  all  the
provisions of the Plan.  You will observe that the Plan does
not  require  that  you  exercise  this  option  as  to  any
particular  number of shares at one time,  but  this  option
must be exercised, if at all and to the extent exercised, by
no  later than ten years and one day from the date  of  this
grant.   You  should  also  note that  your  option  may  be
exercisable only by you at any time during your lifetime and
that  termination of your employment will affect your rights
to  exercise  options.  Also, your option is nontransferable
otherwise than as may be occasioned by your death  and  then
only  according to the terms of your will or by the laws  of
descent and distribution.

      At  the  time or times when you wish to exercise  this
option,  in part or in whole, please refer to the provisions
of  the  Plan and the above limitations dealing with methods
and formalities of exercise of your option.



RECIPIENT:                      WERNER ENTERPRISES,INC.


                                By
- ----------------------------       -------------------------



- ----------------------------
Date