EX-32.1 4 d27506exv32w1.htm CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 exv32w1
 

         
EXHIBIT 32
Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the filing of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, (the “Report”) by Arkansas Best Corporation (“Registrant”), each of the undersigned hereby certifies that:
  1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
 
  2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.
     
 
  ARKANSAS BEST CORPORATION
 
                       (Registrant)
 
    
Date: August 2, 2005
  /s/ Robert A. Young III
 
   
 
  Robert A. Young III
 
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Principal
 
  Executive Officer
 
    
 
  ARKANSAS BEST CORPORATION
 
                       (Registrant)
 
    
Date: August 2, 2005
  /s/ David E. Loeffler
 
   
 
  David E. Loeffler
 
  Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer,
 
  Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer

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