EXHIBIT 99.1--CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION

           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


     In connection with the Quarterly Report of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc.
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the
undersigned hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. (S)1350 (as adopted pursuant
to (S)906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) that he is the President (the Chief
Executive Officer) of the Company and that: (1) the Report fully complies with
the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company as of and for the periods covered in the Report.


/s/ Patrick E. Quinn
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Patrick E. Quinn
Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors,
  President and Treasurer


Date:  August 14, 2002