Exhibit 32.2

                           SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Central Parking Corporation (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the three  months ended June 30, 2004 as filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on August 13, 2004 (the  "Report"),  I,
Mark Shapiro,  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

          (1)  The Report fully complies with the  requirements of section 13(a)
               or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (b)  The information  contained in the Report fairly presents,  in all
               material  respects,   the  financial  condition  and  results  of
               operations of the Company.

                               /s/ MARK SHAPIRO
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                               Mark Shapiro
                               Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

     A SIGNED  ORIGINAL OF THIS  WRITTEN  STATEMENT  REQUIRED BY SECTION 906 HAS
BEEN  PROVIDED TO CENTRAL  PARKING  CORPORATION  AND WILL BE RETAINED BY CENTRAL
PARKING  CORPORATION AND FURNISHED TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR
ITS STAFF UPON REQUEST.

     The  foregoing  certification  is being  furnished  solely to accompany the
Report  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350, and is not being filed for purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  and is not to
be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before
or after the date hereof,  regardless of any general  incorporation  language in
such filing. This certification is executed as of August 13, 2004.