TALLADEGA, Ala. -- When the going gets rough, Jack Roush gets going ... usually by climbing into the cockpit of the restored P-51 Mustang he owns and flying high above all his troubles.

But even spending quality time in his vintage World War II-era airplane didn't seem very therapeutic following last Monday's Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

"Actually, I was at 23,000 feet, I was sucking oxygen, I hadn't had enough sleep -- and I had a headache," Roush said.

The headache started when last Monday's Cup race went awry for the Roush Fenway racing teams at Texas. Carl Edwards, usually a contender at the track, was relegated to a 33rd-place finish after being involved in an accident with just 17 laps to go -- while two of the three other Roush Fenway drivers suffered late flat tires that derailed their chances of winning or even finishing as strongly as they had hoped.

Worse yet, all this transpired on what should have been a special day for Roush.

"It was my birthday, and I had two flat tires and wreck that took my three best shots out of the race. So that was a disappointment," Roush said.

He has endured his share of those this season. Even though his top two drivers are plowing along just fine in the points standings -- Matt Kenseth is second entering Sunday's Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, and Greg Biffle is third -- Roush and all of his drivers readily admit that they hunger for a visit to Victory Lane. They haven't been there yet this season, having last won a race in November 2009 when Jamie McMurray, who no longer drives for the team, won at Talladega.

To find the last time a current Roush Fenway driver won a race, you've got to go all the way back to when Matt Kenseth won the first two of last season. That was 42 races ago. (Continued)