X0303 4 2009-09-14 0 0000928658 COVENANT TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC CVTI 0001220025 SMITH TONY 400 BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAY CHATTANOOGA TN 37419 0 1 0 0 President of Subsidiary Class A Common Stock 2009-09-14 4 A 0 5000 0 A 62938 D Class A Common Stock 10000 D Represents a restricted stock award under the 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as such plan may be amended from time to time. The shares subject to the award vest when and if the issuer's Compensation Committee certifies that the issuer's consolidated diluted earnings per share, subject to certain adjustments as set forth in the award notice, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010 is equal to or greater than $0.05. Represents (i) the shares disclosed in footnote (1) above, (ii) 45,500 shares owned by the reporting person, and (iii) 12,438 restricted shares of the issuer's Class A common stock granted March 31, 2009, pursuant to a transaction previously reported by the reporting person (although the aggregate amount granted in the March 31, 2009, transaction was determined following the reporting deadline for the transaction as it was based upon the closing price of the issuer's Class A common stock two full trading days following the public release of the issuer's first quarter 2009 earnings). Shares owned jointly by Mr. Smith and his wife, Kathy Smith, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship. /s/ Tony Smith, by Heidi Hornung-Scherr, attorney-in-fact, pursuant to a POA previously filed with the SEC 2009-09-16