**Exhibit 31.1**

**MAC-GRAY CORPORATIONCERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OFSARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

**CERTIFICATIONS**

I, Stewart G. MacDonald, Jr., Chief ExecutiveOfficer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, certify that:

1.                 I have reviewedthis annual report on Form 10-K of Mac-Gray Corporation (theregistrant);

2.                 Based on myknowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.                 Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

4.                 The registrant’sother certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for theregistrant and we have:

a)               designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)              paragraph omitted inaccordance with SEC transition instructions contained in SEC release 34-47986dated June 5, 2003;

c)               evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and  presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the endof the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)              disclosed in thisreport any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.                 The registrant’sother certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting to the registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (orpersons performing the equivalent functions):

a)               all significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

b)              anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting.

| Date: March 29, 2006 | /s/ STEWART G.  MACDONALD, JR.                             |
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|                      | Stewart G. MacDonald, Jr.                                  |
|                      | Chief Executive Officer and  Chairman of the Board of Directors |
|                      | *(Principal Executive Officer)*                                 |

 

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