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 March 31, 2005 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
May 12, 2005