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 SECOND QUARTER
                             ENDED JUNE 30, 2002

Tontitown, Arkansas, July 29, 2002 P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:
PTSI)  today reported net income of $5,033,512 or diluted and basic earnings per
share  of  $.45  for  the quarter ended June 30, 2002, and $8,639,602 or diluted
earnings  per  share  of $.85 ($.86 basic), for the six month period then ended.
These  results compare to net income of $2,885,179 or diluted and basic earnings
per  share  of  $.34,  and $5,524,035 or diluted and basic earnings per share of
$.65,  respectively,  for  the  three  and  the  six months ended June 30, 2001.

Operating  revenues of $70,840,825 were reported for the second quarter of 2002,
a  23.3%  increase  compared  to  $57,462,168  for  the  second quarter of 2001.
Operating  revenues  for the six months ended June 30, 2002 were $134,154,304, a
15.8%  increase compared to $115,867,932 for the six months ended June 30, 2001.

Operating  income  for  the  quarter ended June 30, 2002 was $8,758,413, a 46.9%
increase  compared to operating income of $5,960,311 for the prior year's second
quarter.  For  the  six  months  ended  June  30,  2002,  operating  income  of
$15,740,535  represented  a  36.8%  increase  compared  to  operating  income of
$11,505,942  for  the  same  period  in  2001.

The  Company's  operating  ratios for the three and six month periods ended June
30,  2002 were 87.6% and 88.3%, respectively, as compared to 89.6% and 90.1% for
the  three  and  six  month  periods  ended  June  30,  2001.

Robert  W.  Weaver,  President  of  the  Company, commented, "To say we are very
pleased  with  our  second  quarter  ended  June  30,  2002  would  be  an
understatement.  Not  only  are  we proud of our performance - a 23% increase in
revenue and 32% increase in earnings per share, we are also glad to see that the
truckload  industry  as  a whole has made significant improvements in the second
quarter  as  well.  We  are  optimistic  that  speaks  well  for  the  future."

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  relate to
expected future financial and operating results, 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, general economic conditions,
competition  and  other  uncertainties detailed in this report and detailed from
time  to  time  in other filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.