Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On Thursday, April 20, 2017, Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), issued a press release announcing its financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2017. A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

EXHIBIT

Covenant Transportation Group, Inc. press release announcing financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2017

The information contained in Items 2.02 and 9.01 of 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 (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

The information in Items 2.02 and 9.01 of this report and the exhibit hereto may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act and such statements are subject to the safe harbor created by those sections and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. 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 or events may differ from those anticipated by forward-looking statements. Please refer to the italicized paragraph at the end of the attached press release and various disclosures by the Company in its press releases, stockholder reports, and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for information concerning risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may affect future results.

About COVENANT TRANSPORTATION GROUP, INC. (NASDAQ:CVTI)

Covenant Transportation Group, Inc. is a truckload transportation company. The Company provides truckload transportation and brokerage services to customers throughout the continental United States, into and out of Mexico, and into and out of portions of Canada. It operates through the asset-based truckload services (Truckload) segment. The Truckload segment consists of three asset-based operating fleets: Covenant Transport, Inc. (Covenant Transport) that provides expedited long haul, dedicated, temperature-controlled, and regional solo-driver service; Southern Refrigerated Transport, Inc. (SRT), which provides long haul, regional, and intermodal temperature-controlled service, and Star Transportation, Inc. (Star) that provides regional solo-driver and services, primarily in the southeastern United States. In addition, its Covenant Transport Solutions, Inc. (Solutions) subsidiary has service offerings ancillary to its Truckload operations, including freight brokerage services.

COVENANT TRANSPORTATION GROUP, INC. (NASDAQ:CVTI) Recent Trading Information

COVENANT TRANSPORTATION GROUP, INC. (NASDAQ:CVTI) closed its last trading session down -0.07 at 17.06 with 68,781 shares trading hands.