EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Heather M. Bell and C. Douglas Buford, Jr., signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)      prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
                 undersigned's behalf, and submit to the United States
                 Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID,
                 including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary
                 or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
                 undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports
                 required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
                 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

        (2)      execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
                 undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
                 America's Car-Mart, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5
                 (including amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a)
                 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
                 thereunder, and any other forms on reports the undersigned may
                 be required to file in connection with the undersigned's
                 ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the
                 Company;

        (3)      do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
                 undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
                 execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 (including amendments
                 thereto), or other form or report, and timely file such form or
                 report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
                 authority; and

        (4)      take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
                 the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
                 may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
                 required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
                 documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
                 undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
                 form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
                 attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
                 discretion.

         The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of the power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

         This Power of Attorney supersedes any power of attorney previously
executed by the undersigned regarding the purposes outlined in the first
paragraph hereof ("Prior Powers of Attorney"), and the authority of the
attorneys-in-fact named in any Prior Powers of Attorney is hereby revoked.

         This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 26th day of June, 2009.

                                          /s/ Daniel J. Englander
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                                             Signature

                                            Daniel J. Englander
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                                               Printed Name