Exhibit 99.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the Quarterly Report of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 5 1350 (as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) that he is the President (the Chief Executive Officer) of the Company and that: (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the periods covered in the Report.

/s/ Patrick E. Quinn

Patrick E. Quinn

Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors,
    President and Treasurer

Date: November 14, 2002