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)  July 24, 2003
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                     P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Delaware                      0-15057                 71-0633135
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(State or other jurisdiction          (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation)                    File Number)          Identification no.)


               297 West Henri De Tonti, Tontitown, Arkansas 72770
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

        Registrants telephone number, including area code (479) 361-9111
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                                       N/A
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





Item  7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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         (a)   Financial Statements:  None
         (b)   Pro Forma Financial Statements:  None
         (c)   Exhibits. The following exhibits are furnished with this Report:

               99.1 Press Release of the Registrant (July 24, 2003)


Item  9.  Information Being Furnished under Item 12.
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The  following  information regarding the press release of P.A.M. Transportation
Services,  Inc.  (the  "Company")  announcing  its  second quarter financial and
operating  results  is  intended  to  be  furnished  under  Item 12, "Results of
Operations  and Financial Condition," but is instead being furnished pursuant to
Item  9 in accordance with the interim guidance contained in Securities Exchange
Commission Release No. 33-8216. The information contained in this report and the
exhibit  hereto  shall  not  be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  or
incorporated  by  reference  in  any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
reference in such a filing.

On  July  24,  2003,  P.A.M.  Transportation  Services, Inc.  issued  the  press
release  attached  hereto  as Exhibit 99.1 and will be holding a live conference
call  to  discuss  the press release and other matters on Friday, July 25, 2003,
at 10:00 a.m. CDT.  An audio replay of the conference call will be posted on the
company's  web  site  after  the  meeting  (www.pamt.com/investing/audio.html).
In  order  to  listen to the replay, you will need a PC that is internet enabled
and  have  Real  Player software and an internet browser  such  as  Netscape  or
Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The  information  herein  (including  the exhibit hereto)  and the statements by
Company  representatives during the conference call may contain "forward-looking
statements"  that are made pursuant to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private
Securities  Litigation  Reform  Act of 1995 and otherwise may be protected. Such
statements  are  made  based  on  the  current  beliefs  and expectations of the
Company's  management  and  are  subject to significant risks and uncertainties.
Actual  results may differ from those anticipated by forward-looking statements.
Please  refer to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with
the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  for  information  concerning  risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may affect future results.


                                 SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this Current report on Form 8-K to  be  signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                          P.A.M. TRANSPORTATION  SERVICES,  INC.



Dated: July 24, 2003                      By: /s/ Robert  W.  Weaver
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                                          Robert W. Weaver
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer





                              EXHIBIT INDEX

           99.1        Press release of the Registrant