EXHIBIT 99.1

Transit Group Completes
Acquisition of Certified
Transport; Announced Agreement to
Acquire Network Transport

May 5,1998 3:42 PM EDT

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS  WIRE)--May  5,1998--Transit  Group, Inc. (Nasdaq Small Cap:
TRGP) today  announced  that it has  completed  the  acquisition  of  Certified
Transport,  Inc. and Venture Logistics, a privately held, short- to medium-haul
dry  van  carrier  based  in  Indianapolis,  Indiana.  The  purchase  price  of
approximately  $7.3 million is composed of 1,072,165 newly issued Transit Group
common shares and cash. Also, as an incentive for continued growth at Certified
Transport,  Transit  Group  has  agreed  to issue up to  approximately  270,000
additional  shares in  connection  with the  acquisition  if certain  financial
objectives are met in 1998.

Currently, Transit Group has about 20.6 million common shares outstanding.

"We are very excited  about the  opportunities  we see through our  affiliation
with  Certified  Transport,"  commented  Transit  Group's  President  and Chief
Executive  Officer  Philip A. Belyew.  "This  acquisition,  our second based in
Indiana,  should enable us to realize greater synergies in our operations there
and achieve improved efficiencies in several cost areas. In addition,  with its
facility in Toronto, Canada, Certified is expected to facilitate our entry into
cross-border  transportation,  and its Venture  Logistics  operations  mark our
first entry into the attractive field of third-party logistics management."

Certified  Transport's  fleet  consists of 72 power  units,  an  additional  50
owner/operators, and 175 trailers. These operations, together with those of its
logistics affiliate,  Venture Logistics,  generate approximately $23 million in
revenue annually.

Separately, the Company also announced that it has signed a letter of intent to
acquire  Network  Transport  Ltd., a privately  held trucking  company based in
Toronto,   Canada.   The  purchase  price  of  this  proposed   transaction  is
approximately $1.375 million,  which will consist of approximately  191,000 new
common shares of Transit Group and a cash payment.  The acquisition is expected
to be completed  during the second quarter of 1998 subject to the completion of
due diligence,  the execution of definitive acquisition  agreements,  and other
customary conditions.

Network  Transport  operates a largely  company-owned  fleet  consisting  of 55
trucks  and 225  trailers.  With  its  business  concentrated  in  refrigerated
freight, Network Transport serves a number of routes across Canada,  especially
in and between  Toronto and  Montreal,  and  provides  cross-border  service to
markets in the United States. The Company's annual revenues total approximately
$7 million U.S.

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"The  addition  of  Network   Transport  to  our  operations  will  immediately
strengthen  our new presence in Canada,  providing us with a solid  platform to
begin building a franchise in this attractive  market," Belyew added.  "Network
Transport  also creates the  opportunity  for  additional  efficiencies  in our
Canadian  traffic  lanes  as we work to  integrate  its  routes  with  those of
Certified Transport."

Comments in this news release  regarding the Company's  business  which are not
historical  facts  are  forward  looking  statements  that  involve  risks  and
uncertainties.  Among  these  risks  are  that  the  Company  is  in  a  highly
competitive business, has history of operating losses, and is pursuing a growth
strategy that relies in part on the completion of  acquisitions of companies in
the trucking industry. There can be no assurance that in its highly competitive
business  environment,  the Company  will  successfully  improve its  operating
profitability or consummate such acquisitions.

Transit Group,  headquartered in Atlanta,  Georgia, is a holding company in the
business of acquiring and consolidating short-,  medium- and long-haul trucking
companies,  particularly  truckload  carriers based in the southeastern  United
States.  Trucking  companies that operate as parts of Transit Group are located
in Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky and North Carolina, and comprise a fleet
of almost 655 trucks  and 1,525  trailers,  serving  customers  throughout  the
country and in Canada.

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