Has anyone ever needed to "break in" their drag radials?

No changes, and this is the exact same tire that I just took off the car.

Are you ONE HUNDRED percent sure? I ask because there are normally several different compounds and each has a different marking.......I know you know all this as much as you race.....just trying to help. Make dang SURE every single number and marking is the same cept of course for the DOT serial number.