The incident happened on Tuesday at 16:15 GMT when some spectators discovered the gates at the Old Catton Recreation Ground car park were locked.
The council alleges someone used an angle grinder to cut through a lock to allow vehicles to leave. Another complaint is that a car damaged a hedge after manoeuvring to avoid security bollards.
It has sent CCTV footage of the incident to the police. The car park was closed on Wednesday while crime scene investigators were at the scene.
In a statement, the council said the “actions of those involved is completely unacceptable”.
“The lengths individuals were prepared to go to circumvent security measures are particularly concerning. Rather than accept responsibility for their own parking arrangements, those involved chose to cause significant damage to public property.”
Norfolk Police said it had received reports of criminal damage.
The car park is open later in the summer, but since October the closing time has got earlier, and it changed to 16:00 on 9 November.
People affected have told the council they tried to contact it to get the gates reopened, but it said neither the clerk nor the chairman were made aware of the problem at the time.
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