Exhibit 99.1

                CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT
                TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Annual Report of NN, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the annual period ended December 31, 2002, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the
undersigned, in the capacity and date indicated below, hereby certifies pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to ss.906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that, to my knowledge: (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 results of operations of the Company.


Date:  March 31, 2003                   /s/ Roderick R. Baty
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                                        Roderick R. Baty
                                        Chairman, President and Chief
                                        Executive Officer


[A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to NN, Inc. and will be retained by NN, Inc. and furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission or it's staff upon request.]