Just some stats from the last 2 Club Class WGCs:

WGC Rieti 2008 - http://wgcrieti.it/

Day 1 Racing Task 282.2 km - 2:30 h
Day 2 Racing Task 189.4 km - 1:44 h
Day 3 Racing Task 342.9 km - 3:38 h
Day 4 Speed Task 184.6/411.3 km 3:00 h - 3:03 h/347.0 km
Day 5 Racing Task 315.4 km - 3:10 h
Day 6 Speed Task 262.5/470.2 km 3:00 h - 3:01 h/362.1 km
Day 7 Speed Task 182.6/446.3 km 3:00 h - 2:58 h/345.6 km
Day 8 Racing Task 386.1 km - 4:02 h
Day 9 Racing Task 277.9 km - 2:54 h
Day 10 Speed Task 131.4/289.2 km 2:30 h - 2:29 h/255.3 km
Day 11 Racing Task 335.6 km - 3:00 h

Racing Task vs Speed Task 7:4


WGC Vinon-sur-Verdon 2006 - http://www.wgc2006.fr/

Day 1 Speed Task 168.4/367.1 km 1:30 h - 1:44 h/202.2 km
Day 2 Speed Task 172.8/350.1 km 1:45 h - 1:46 h/205.6 km
Day 3 Racing Task 291.5 km - 3:06 h
Day 4 Racing Task 405.4 km - 4:01 h
Day 5 Racing Task 406.6 km - 4:09 h
Day 6 Racing Task 376.0 km - 3:16 h
Day 7 Speed Task 223.3/426.8 km 2:45 h - 2:45 h/332.5 km
Day 8 Racing Task 498.8 km - 5:25 h
Day 9 Racing Task 315.1 km - 2:49 h
Day 10 Racing Task 328.3 km - 3:00 H
Day 11 Speed Task 311.3/620.2 km 3:00 h - 3:24 h/363.3 km

Racing Task vs Speed Task 7:4

Racing Task is international speak for Assigned Tasks, Speed Tasks for
international speak for Turn Area Tasks. The reason why the tasks in
Rieti were a little shorter than in Vinon is most likely the result of
the task area around Rieti being significantly more restricted than in
the French Alps around Vinon.

So if the US were finally to get serious about properly prepping and
selecting Pilots for Club Class WGCs Assigned Tasks should be the norm
and not the exception, tasks on a good day should be in the 300 to 500
km range with flight times possibly getting close to 5h on a booming
day... And then there is the issue of team flying being illegal in the
US while having been developed to an art especially by the Germans,
British and French...

Markus Graeber