diff --git a/RP_L4/RPL4CONSOLE.cpp b/RP_L4/RPL4CONSOLE.cpp
index 7421e59..8e57baf 100644
--- a/RP_L4/RPL4CONSOLE.cpp
+++ b/RP_L4/RPL4CONSOLE.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ namespace
 		NetTransport::Connection
 					connection;
 		int			state;				// last reported application state (-1 unknown)
+		int			lastScore;			// last telemetry score heard mid-race
+		int			lastScoreHostID;	// the host ID the pod itself reported
+		Logical		haveScore;			// any telemetry score at all yet
 		Logical		eggAcknowledged;
 		DWORD		lastQueryTick;
 		DWORD		eggSentTick;		// 0 = never sent
@@ -300,7 +303,27 @@ namespace
 						(int) message->GetFinalScore());
 					pod->scored = True;
 				}
-				// VTV telemetry (IDs 2-6) skips through for now
+				//
+				// Running telemetry. The pods have been sending it all
+				// along (it fed the arcade console's status board); this
+				// console skipped it - until a player Alt+Q'ed mid-race
+				// and vanished from the score sheet, because a pod that
+				// leaves never sends its EndMission score. Keep the last
+				// score heard, and the host ID the pod itself reported
+				// with it, so the buzzer can stand it in for a pod that
+				// is not there to answer. Leaving early keeps the points
+				// earned; it just stops earning more.
+				//
+				else if ((int) base->messageID ==
+					ConsolePlayerVTVScoreUpdateMessageID)
+				{
+					ConsolePlayerVTVScoreUpdateMessage *message =
+						(ConsolePlayerVTVScoreUpdateMessage *) base;
+					pod->lastScore = (int) message->GetPlayerScore();
+					pod->lastScoreHostID = (int) message->GetPlayerHostID();
+					pod->haveScore = True;
+				}
+				// the rest of the telemetry (IDs 2-4, 6) skips through
 			}
 			else if ((int) header->clientID == (int) NetworkClient::NetworkManagerClientID)
 			{
@@ -914,6 +937,27 @@ namespace
 				else if (AllRemotesScored() ||
 					(LONG)(GetTickCount() - gRemoteStopTick) >= 5000)
 				{
+					//
+					// Stand in for anyone who is not here to answer. A pod
+					// that left mid-race - Alt+Q, a crash, a dropped link -
+					// never sends EndMission, and used to vanish from the
+					// score sheet as though it had not raced at all. Its
+					// last telemetry score is the score it left with.
+					//
+					for (int i = 0; i < gRemotePodCount; ++i)
+					{
+						if (!gRemotePods[i].scored && gRemotePods[i].haveScore)
+						{
+							DEBUG_STREAM << "LocalConsole: "
+								<< gRemotePods[i].address
+								<< " never reported - keeping its last"
+								<< " telemetry score\n" << std::flush;
+							CollectFinalScore(
+								gRemotePods[i].lastScoreHostID,
+								gRemotePods[i].lastScore);
+							gRemotePods[i].scored = True;
+						}
+					}
 					DispatchLocalStop();
 					DisconnectRemotes();
 				}
diff --git a/RP_L4/RPL4LOBBY.cpp b/RP_L4/RPL4LOBBY.cpp
index 7e1f1ba..a5784f2 100644
--- a/RP_L4/RPL4LOBBY.cpp
+++ b/RP_L4/RPL4LOBBY.cpp
@@ -1604,10 +1604,19 @@ void
 
 	//
 	// The owner publishes right after its race teardown - ours may
-	// finish first, so give the sheet a moment to arrive
+	// finish first, so give the sheet a moment to arrive.
+	//
+	// Unless WE aborted. An Alt+Q leaves a race that is still running
+	// everywhere else, and its sheet will not exist for minutes - the
+	// eight second wait below was eight seconds of frozen window for a
+	// player who had just asked to leave. Exit_Code carries the abort
+	// (the race loop resets it after the menu); take one free look and
+	// otherwise skip - the sheet's nonce keeps it eligible to show
+	// after the race actually ends.
 	//
 	const char *sheet = NULL;
-	DWORD deadline = GetTickCount() + 8 * 1000;
+	DWORD deadline = (Exit_Code != 0)
+		? GetTickCount() : GetTickCount() + 8 * 1000;
 	for (;;)
 	{
 		SteamAPI_RunCallbacks();