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      of
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      31, 2005</font></div>
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                name of registrant as specified in its charter) </font></div>
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                          1.01</font></div>
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                          August 31, 2005, Covenant Transport, Inc. (the "Company")
                          accelerated the
                          vesting of all employee stock options outstanding under
                          the Company's 2003
                          Incentive Stock Plan. Options to purchase approximately&#160;172,000
                          shares of the Company's common stock became exercisable
                          on August 31,
                          2005. </font></div>
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                          primary purpose of the accelerated vesting was to eliminate
                          future
                          compensation expense the Company would otherwise recognize
                          in its
                          statement of operations with respect to these accelerated
                          options upon the
                          adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement
                          of Financial
                          Accounting Standards No. 123 (Revised 2004), </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Share-Based
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                          ("SFAS 123R"). SFAS 123R will require that compensation
                          expense associated
                          with stock options be recognized in the statement of operations,
                          rather
                          than as a footnote disclosure in the Company&#8217;s consolidated financial
                          statements. The acceleration of the vesting of these options
                          did not
                          result in a charge based on generally accepted accounting
                          principles.</font></div>
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Form 8-K (Employee Stock Option Acceleration of Vesting)
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 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):
August
      31, 2005
COVENANT
                TRANSPORT, INC.
(Exact
                name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
000-24960
88-0320154
(State
                          or other jurisdiction
of
                          incorporation)
(Commission
File
                          Number)
(IRS
                          Employer
Identification
                          No.)
400
                          Birmingham Hwy., Chattanooga, TN
37419
(Address
                          of principal executive offices)
(Zip
                          Code)
(423)
                821-1212
(Registrant's
                telephone number, including area code)
Check
                the
                appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
                satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
                following
                provisions:
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                          communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
                          Act (17 CFR
                          230.425)
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                          ]
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                          material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
                          (17 CFR
                          240.14a-12)
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                          communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
                          Act (17 CFR
                          240.14d-2(b))
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                          communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
                          Act (17 CFR
                          240.13e-4(c))
Item
                          1.01
Entry
                          into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On
                          August 31, 2005, Covenant Transport, Inc. (the "Company")
                          accelerated the
                          vesting of all employee stock options outstanding under
                          the Company's 2003
                          Incentive Stock Plan. Options to purchase approximately 172,000
                          shares of the Company's common stock became exercisable
                          on August 31,
                          2005.
The
                          primary purpose of the accelerated vesting was to eliminate
                          future
                          compensation expense the Company would otherwise recognize
                          in its
                          statement of operations with respect to these accelerated
                          options upon the
                          adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement
                          of Financial
                          Accounting Standards No. 123 (Revised 2004),
Share-Based
                          Payment
("SFAS 123R"). SFAS 123R will require that compensation
                          expense associated
                          with stock options be recognized in the statement of operations,
                          rather
                          than as a footnote disclosure in the Company's consolidated financial
                          statements. The acceleration of the vesting of these options
                          did not
                          result in a charge based on generally accepted accounting
                          principles.
SIGNATURE
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.
COVENANT
                          TRANSPORT, INC.
Date:
                          August 31, 2005
By:
/s/
                          Joey B. Hogan
Joey
                          B. Hogan
Executive
                          Vice President and Chief Financial
                          Officer