X0202 4 2006-05-23 0 0000928658 COVENANT TRANSPORT INC CVTI 0001220829 PARKER DAVID RAY 400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY CHATTANOOGA TN 37419 1 1 1 0 CEO & President Class A common stock 2006-05-23 4 A 0 4000 0 A 4000 D Class A common stock 2006-05-23 4 A 0 50000 0 A 54000 D Class A common stock 2687567 D Class A common stock 100000 I Fn Class A common stock 13176 I 401(k) Class B common stock 2350000 D Represents an annual restricted stock award under the Covenant Transport, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The award is subject to certain performance vesting and holding provisions. Represents a special restricted stock award under the Covenant Transport, Inc. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The award is subject to certain performance vesting and holding provisions. Shares owned directly are owned jointly by Mr. Parker and his wife, Jacqueline F. Parker, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. Shares are owned by the Parker Family Limited Partnership, of which Mr. and Mrs. Parker are the general partners. The number of shares reported beneficially owned following the reported transaction is equal to the reporting person's May 23, 2006, account balance, the latest balance available under the plan, in the employer stock fund under the issuer's 401(k) Plan divided by the closing price on May 23, 2006. The fund is unitized and as such does not itself allocate a specific number of shares to each participant. /s/ David Ray Parker, by Mark A. Scudder, attorney-in-fact, pursuant to a POA previously filed with the SEC 2006-05-25