That is true. But is this a true or false question?
I know the verb is racing. I think the subject participle is the car.
The battle took place in Yorktown, Virginia, near the York River. After the French fleet defeated a<u> British</u> fleet, Cornwallis was cut off and had to surrender to the French and the Continental Army. Eventually, it led to the Treaty of Paris in 1783, two years later.