EXHIBIT 32.1
                            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 Hometown Auto  Retailers,  Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period  ending  September 30, 2003 as filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,
Corey E. Shaker, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,  certify,
pursuant  to 18  U.S.C.  ss.  1350,  as  adopted  pursuant  to  ss.  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

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


/s/ Corey E. Shaker
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Corey E. Shaker
President and Chief Executive Officer
November 11, 2003


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