yeah the little balls but if you look at the picture closely, there is a distinctive line that goes around the tire where it was tearing. I could be wrong about it being hot tearing. but I figured it was because I had it under inflated. this was not a real race tire. it was a BT-002RS. I was just going by what this site says, http://crstuning.com/tire-wear.html and the videos I have from Dave Moss they sell on that site.