SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, DC  20549


                                 FORM 8-K


                              CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   September 19, 2000



                     SIMON TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



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           Nevada                      0-27208                    87-0545608
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)         (IRS Employer
    of incorporation                                         Identification No.)
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5175 West 2100 South, West Valley City, Utah                       84123
(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code                (801) 924-7000


                            N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)






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ITEM 1.  CHANGES IN CONTROL OF REGISTRANT.

         On  September  19,  2000,  Jerry  Moyes,  through the Moyes  Children's
Limited Partnership (the  "Partnership"),  completed the purchase of all 913,751
shares of the  registrant's  Class B common stock (the  "Purchase") from a trust
affiliated with the  registrant's  then-Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer,
Richard D. Simon.  The  Partnership  used borrowed  funds to finance the private
transaction  at a price of $9.00 per share for an  aggregate  purchase  price of
$8,223,759.  The funds for the Purchase were obtained through a margin loan from
the investment banking firm of Morgan Keegan & Company,  Inc. The margin loan is
at a market  interest  rate and secured by shares  acquired in the  Purchase and
shares of Swift Transportation Co., Inc. common stock owned by the Partnership.

         The Class B common stock had entitled Mr. Simon and his family  members
to two votes per share, but were automatically  converted into shares of Class A
common  stock  (the  "Shares")  when sold to the  Partnership  and  entitle  the
Partnership to only one vote per share.  With the  double-voting  Class B common
stock,  Mr. Simon controlled  approximately  26% of the combined voting power of
the  Class A and  Class B  common  stock.  Following  the  Purchase,  Mr.  Moyes
individually,  SME Steel Contractors, Inc., a Utah corporation ("SME-Utah"), The
Jerry & Vickie Moyes Family Trust Dated  12/11/87 (the "Moyes  Trust"),  and the
Partnership  together  hold  beneficial  ownership of  approximately  48% of the
outstanding  Class A common  stock,  the only class  outstanding  following  the
Purchase.  Mr.  Moyes is the direct  and  beneficial  owner of  348,000  shares.
SME-Utah is the direct and beneficial  owner of 456,800  Shares.  Mr. Moyes owns
approximately  75% of the  outstanding  voting stock of SME  Industries  Inc., a
Nevada  corporation,  which in turn owns 100% of the outstanding voting stock of
SME-Utah.  The Moyes  Trust is the  direct  and  beneficial  owner of  1,213,298
Shares. Mr. Moyes and his wife are grantors,  trustees, and beneficiaries of the
Moyes  Trust.  The  Partnership  is the direct and  beneficial  owner of 913,751
Shares. Ronald Moyes, the brother of Jerry Moyes, is the sole general partner of
the Partnership.

         Mr. Moyes has been appointed Chairman of the Board and has been granted
warrants to purchase  300,000  additional  Shares at a price of $7.00 per share.
Also appointed to the registrant's  Board of Directors were Lou Edwards,  Gordon
K. Holladay,  Earl H. Scudder,  and Jon Isaacson,  all of whom were suggested by
Mr. Moyes.  Mr.  Isaacson has been  appointed to serve as the  registrant's  new
Chief Executive Officer. To make way for the newly-appointed directors and Chief
Executive  Officer,  Mr.  Simon  resigned  as  Chairman  of the  Board and Chief
Executive  Officer,  and all of the  registrant's  former  directors,  with  the
exception of Mr. Simon and his son Kelle A. Simon,  resigned as  directors.  The
number of director positions  comprising the registrant's Board of Directors was
reduced from nine to seven.

         The  following  is a summary of certain  provisions  of (a) the Warrant
Agreement  dated September 19, 2000, by and between the registrant and Mr. Moyes
(the "Warrant  Agreement"),  and (b) the Voting  Agreement  dated  September 19,
2000,  by and between the  registrant  and  certain of the  stockholders  of the
registrant,  including Mr. Moyes, the Trust,  SME-Utah, and the Partnership (the
"Voting  Agreement").  This  summary is  qualified in its entirety by the actual
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provisions of the foregoing  documents,  each of which is filed as an Exhibit to
this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by this reference.

         (a) Warrant Agreement.  Pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agreement,
the registrant granted to Mr. Moyes warrants to purchase 300,000 Shares at $7.00
per share,  which warrants  shall become  exercisable at the rate of 100,000 per
year on each of September 19, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

         (b) Voting  Agreement.  Pursuant to the terms of the Voting  Agreement,
the  registrant  agrees  to  submit to its  stockholders  at the next  annual or
special meeting of stockholders  the Option Proposal (as hereafter  defined) for
review and a vote thereon by the registrant's stockholders, and the stockholders
party to the Voting  Agreement,  including,  but not limited to: Mr. Moyes,  the
Moyes  Trust,  SME-Utah,  and the  Partnership,  agree to vote all of the Shares
owned by them in favor of and for approval of the Option  Proposal (as hereafter
defined).  "Option  Proposal,"  shall mean the  following:  (i) the  issuance of
options to purchase up to 375,000 Shares to certain  executive  employees of the
registrant;  (ii) the  issuance of warrants to purchase up to 300,000  Shares to
Mr.  Moyes;  (iii) the  issuance of Shares upon the  exercise of such options or
warrants;  and (iv) the  amendment  of the  registrant's  Incentive  Stock  Plan
required to facilitate the issuance of more than 25,000 Shares upon the exercise
of such options.

         Other than the foregoing,  there are no arrangements or  understandings
between  members of both the former and new control groups and their  associates
with respect to the election of directors or other matters.

         The Purchase is described in an  Information  Statement  filed with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on September 8, 2000,  pursuant to Section
14(f) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 and Rule 14f-1  thereunder  (the
"Information Statement").  By this reference the Information Statement is made a
part hereof.  A copy of the press  release  announcing  the Purchase is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and by this reference made a part hereof.

ITEM 7.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS

         The following documents are filed as exhibits:

------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Exhibit                                  Description
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
       99.1         Warrant Agreement dated September 19, 2000, by  and  between
                    the registrant and Mr. Moyes.
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
       99.2         Voting  Agreement  dated  September 19, 2000, by and between
                    the  registrant  and  certain  of  the  stockholders  of the
                    registrant.
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
       99.3         Press Release dated September 19, 2000.
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------

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                               SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                         SIMON TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC.

Date: October 4, 2000                    By: /s/ Alban B. Lang
                                         Alban B. Lang, Chief Financial Officer,
                                         Treasurer, and Secretary
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, DC  20549

                                 FORM 8-K

                              CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   September 19, 2000

                     SIMON TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

           Nevada                      0-27208                    87-0545608
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)         (IRS Employer
    of incorporation                                         Identification No.)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5175 West 2100 South, West Valley City, Utah                       84123
(Address of principal executive offices)                         (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code                (801) 924-7000

                            N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
ITEM 1.  CHANGES IN CONTROL OF REGISTRANT.

         On  September  19,  2000,  Jerry  Moyes,  through the Moyes  Children's
Limited Partnership (the  "Partnership"),  completed the purchase of all 913,751
shares of the  registrant's  Class B common stock (the  "Purchase") from a trust
affiliated with the  registrant's  then-Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer,
Richard D. Simon.  The  Partnership  used borrowed  funds to finance the private
transaction  at a price of $9.00 per share for an  aggregate  purchase  price of
$8,223,759.  The funds for the Purchase were obtained through a margin loan from
the investment banking firm of Morgan Keegan & Company,  Inc. The margin loan is
at a market  interest  rate and secured by shares  acquired in the  Purchase and
shares of Swift Transportation Co., Inc. common stock owned by the Partnership.

         The Class B common stock had entitled Mr. Simon and his family  members
to two votes per share, but were automatically  converted into shares of Class A
common  stock  (the  "Shares")  when sold to the  Partnership  and  entitle  the
Partnership to only one vote per share.  With the  double-voting  Class B common
stock,  Mr. Simon controlled  approximately  26% of the combined voting power of
the  Class A and  Class B  common  stock.  Following  the  Purchase,  Mr.  Moyes
individually,  SME Steel Contractors, Inc., a Utah corporation ("SME-Utah"), The
Jerry & Vickie Moyes Family Trust Dated  12/11/87 (the "Moyes  Trust"),  and the
Partnership  together  hold  beneficial  ownership of  approximately  48% of the
outstanding  Class A common  stock,  the only class  outstanding  following  the
Purchase.  Mr.  Moyes is the direct  and  beneficial  owner of  348,000  shares.
SME-Utah is the direct and beneficial  owner of 456,800  Shares.  Mr. Moyes owns
approximately  75% of the  outstanding  voting stock of SME  Industries  Inc., a
Nevada  corporation,  which in turn owns 100% of the outstanding voting stock of
SME-Utah.  The Moyes  Trust is the  direct  and  beneficial  owner of  1,213,298
Shares. Mr. Moyes and his wife are grantors,  trustees, and beneficiaries of the
Moyes  Trust.  The  Partnership  is the direct and  beneficial  owner of 913,751
Shares. Ronald Moyes, the brother of Jerry Moyes, is the sole general partner of
the Partnership.

         Mr. Moyes has been appointed Chairman of the Board and has been granted
warrants to purchase  300,000  additional  Shares at a price of $7.00 per share.
Also appointed to the registrant's  Board of Directors were Lou Edwards,  Gordon
K. Holladay,  Earl H. Scudder,  and Jon Isaacson,  all of whom were suggested by
Mr. Moyes.  Mr.  Isaacson has been  appointed to serve as the  registrant's  new
Chief Executive Officer. To make way for the newly-appointed directors and Chief
Executive  Officer,  Mr.  Simon  resigned  as  Chairman  of the  Board and Chief
Executive  Officer,  and all of the  registrant's  former  directors,  with  the
exception of Mr. Simon and his son Kelle A. Simon,  resigned as  directors.  The
number of director positions  comprising the registrant's Board of Directors was
reduced from nine to seven.

         The  following  is a summary of certain  provisions  of (a) the Warrant
Agreement  dated September 19, 2000, by and between the registrant and Mr. Moyes
(the "Warrant  Agreement"),  and (b) the Voting  Agreement  dated  September 19,
2000,  by and between the  registrant  and  certain of the  stockholders  of the
registrant,  including Mr. Moyes, the Trust,  SME-Utah, and the Partnership (the
"Voting  Agreement").  This  summary is  qualified in its entirety by the actual
provisions of the foregoing  documents,  each of which is filed as an Exhibit to
this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by this reference.

         (a) Warrant Agreement.  Pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agreement,
the registrant granted to Mr. Moyes warrants to purchase 300,000 Shares at $7.00
per share,  which warrants  shall become  exercisable at the rate of 100,000 per
year on each of September 19, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

         (b) Voting  Agreement.  Pursuant to the terms of the Voting  Agreement,
the  registrant  agrees  to  submit to its  stockholders  at the next  annual or
special meeting of stockholders  the Option Proposal (as hereafter  defined) for
review and a vote thereon by the registrant's stockholders, and the stockholders
party to the Voting  Agreement,  including,  but not limited to: Mr. Moyes,  the
Moyes  Trust,  SME-Utah,  and the  Partnership,  agree to vote all of the Shares
owned by them in favor of and for approval of the Option  Proposal (as hereafter
defined).  "Option  Proposal,"  shall mean the  following:  (i) the  issuance of
options to purchase up to 375,000 Shares to certain  executive  employees of the
registrant;  (ii) the  issuance of warrants to purchase up to 300,000  Shares to
Mr.  Moyes;  (iii) the  issuance of Shares upon the  exercise of such options or
warrants;  and (iv) the  amendment  of the  registrant's  Incentive  Stock  Plan
required to facilitate the issuance of more than 25,000 Shares upon the exercise
of such options.

         Other than the foregoing,  there are no arrangements or  understandings
between  members of both the former and new control groups and their  associates
with respect to the election of directors or other matters.

         The Purchase is described in an  Information  Statement  filed with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on September 8, 2000,  pursuant to Section
14(f) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 and Rule 14f-1  thereunder  (the
"Information Statement").  By this reference the Information Statement is made a
part hereof.  A copy of the press  release  announcing  the Purchase is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and by this reference made a part hereof.

ITEM 7.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS

         The following documents are filed as exhibits:

------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
Exhibit                                  Description
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
       99.1         Warrant Agreement dated September 19, 2000, by  and  between
                    the registrant and Mr. Moyes.
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
       99.2         Voting  Agreement  dated  September 19, 2000, by and between
                    the  registrant  and  certain  of  the  stockholders  of the
                    registrant.
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
       99.3         Press Release dated September 19, 2000.
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                         SIMON TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC.

Date: October 4, 2000                    By: /s/ Alban B. Lang
                                         Alban B. Lang, Chief Financial Officer,
                                         Treasurer, and Secretary