McClendon Transportation Group to Test Fuel System

    LAFAYETTE, Ala.--May 22, 2001--McClendon Transportation Group, Inc. (Pinksheets:MCLG) announced today agreements with Alternative Fuel Systems, Inc. The accords provide for McClendon to equip one of its over-the-road tractors with a test unit that reduces emissions and increases fuel mileage.
    The increase in fuel efficiency is expected to be significant based upon earlier tests confirmed by Alternative Fuel Systems, Inc. Alternative Fuel Systems was supplied with the resulting information from a 2 million mile test of this technology utilizing a patent developed by Shetly Automotive and the Holman Moody engineering group.
    McClendon Transportation has been designated as the test platform for the equipment. Also upon completion of a third party verification of both the lowered emissions and increased fuel efficiency, McClendon will become the sole distributor of the system to the trucking industry.

    About McClendon Transportation Group:

    McClendon Transportation Group, headquartered in LaFayette, Ala., is a 60-year old transportation and logistics company. The company delivers excellence in complete over the road transportation services and contract logistics services. The group is comprised of McClendon Trucking and McClendon Distribution Systems.
    For more information on McClendon Transportation Group visit the Company's Web site at www.mccl.com.

    Statements in this release that are not strictly historical are forward-looking and are based upon current expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the statements made herein. These risks include the availability of qualified drivers, increases in fuel prices and adverse safety experience, all of which may have a significant effect on the Company's operations and profitability. In a highly competitive business environment, there can be no assurance that the Company's strategies will successfully improve future operating profitability.