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Basil Shaaban is a Lebanese racing driver. He was born in Beirut.
Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningBasil ShaabanFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchBasil Shaaban (born March 27, 1980) is a Lebanese racing driver. He was born in Beirut. Basil also graduated with a Bachelor Degree in astrophysics from University of California, Berkeley.[edit]Early RacingIt was in Lebanon at the age of 14 that Basil had his first taste of racing. At the Circuit des Champions go-karting center near Broumanna, he enjoyed pushing the cars 5 and 9 horsepower engines to their limits. Finding the racing line and controlling the karts behavior naturally to him. Each time Basils family went back to Lebanon, Basil would go to the circuit. Eventually, he worked his way up to driving the circuits fastest 16-horsepower, 100 cc, 2-stroke karts.[edit]Racing in SchoolWithin two years of going to Berkeley, Basil could no longer hinder his passion. At that point, he knew he would be happiest as a professional Formula driver. So, in the footsteps of all the great Formula Series drivers, he knew the ladder he had to climb, and thus began his career racing gokarts. He bought a 23-horsepower, 100 cc kart from the US manufacturer Trackmagic Karts, based in San Francisco, and began racing in the Northern California region alongside his studies.[edit]A1 Grand PrixBasil was one of Team Lebanons drivers for the inaugural 2005-2006 season of the series, alonside Kalil Beschir and Graham Rahal. Unfortunately, the countrys lack of racing expereince was shown as none of the drivers scored any points. Basil was also involved in a spectacular collision with Enrico Toccacelo during the second race at Brands Hatch, in which his car somersaulted into the Paddock Hill bend gravel trap at alarming speed, from which he emerged uninjured.Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_ShaabanCategories: 1980 births | Living people | Lebanese sportspeopleViews Article Discussion Edit this page HistoryPersonal toolsSign in / create accountNavigationMain PageCommunity PortalFeatured articlesCurrent eventsRecent changesRandom articleHelpContact WikipediaDonationsSearchToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPrintable versionPermanent linkCite this article This page was last modified 18:08, 3 October 2006.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.)Wikipedia reg; is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.Privacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimers
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