No one ever sees Zandar, not even when he's coming up along the wall on turn four. That's just the way he likes it. Being 2nd or 3rd coming down the home stretch is his happy place; biding his time waiting for the leader of the pack to be taken out by a giant bullet. Protected by the swamp skier's camouflage technology makes that outcome almost a forgone conclusion. The minigun and fire and forget anti-armor missiles certainly help. Just for good measure, a liquid fueled rocket engine is equipped to give him a final push to the finish line.
I wasn't sure about the x-wing helmet, but it fit Zandar's head and I think the Dreadnoks would actually use a Sideshow 1:1 helmet for something like this.