The 2002 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 was a Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) event held at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 17, 2002. Sterling Marlin rolled to his second and final victory of the year after a mega-wreck took out leader Tony Stewart and did enough damage to the dominant car of Jeff Gordon to leave Gordon in 9th. Marlin won by 3.5 seconds on Elliott Sadler and also expanded his points lead to 99 points on Ryan Newman (5th). Stats